Daniel's Story [Hardcover]

Carol Matas (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic; First Edition first Printing edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606074120
• ISBN-13: 978-0606074124
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,914,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everybody in the worls should read this book, September 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Daniel's Story (Paperback)

I am Jewish, and when I read this book, I found out the realistic happening of what could have been me in the Holocaust if my ancestors had not moved to America before this all started. Books like "The Devils Arithmatic" are very well written books but do not give the 411 on what really happned. For example, "The Devil's Arithmatic" skiped parts about Jews ging into a ghetto and they made the Jews not know who the Nazis were in 1942. By that date, everyone that was Jewish knew what was going on and would have probably been sent to a ghetto long before. This book, however, gives the true happening of the Holocaust, and shows what people lost that were so dear to them. I was almost in tears when I finished this book. My teacher at my middle school had a historical book report project she assigned. She reccomended "Daniel's Story" as her favorite book. My friend who sits next to me, is Hindu and read the book when she knew nothing about the Holocaust. She loved it and couldn't put it down. In conclusion, this book is one of my favorites and it was a great learning experience- even though I knew much about the Holocaust already. Please read it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unforgettable Story..., April 28, 2001

By 

Henry Enrique Marin (Brooklyn, NY, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daniel's Story (Paperback)

This is a truly unforgettable story about a 14-yr old boy named Daniel who lived through the Holocaust. Daniel, the main character, narrates this emotional story about his experience during World War II. From the time when he was taken away from his home in Frankfurt to the ghetto of Lodz in Poland, then to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Through his journey he learns to fight for his life and never give up. ... This is a touching and memorable story that, as someone else said, it also encouraged me to learn more about the Holocaust. I highly recommend this book to anyone, any age. You will never forget it !

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Daniel's Story, January 19, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Daniel's Story (Paperback)

I highly recommend Daniel's Story to other 6th graders because it is really interesting . Daniel's Story is about a boys life as a Jew in Germany and what he has to do to get his freedom back and leave concentration camp . Daniel is treated bad because he is a Jewish. For example the paragraph below .

Daniel's Story has a sad introduction also when they were starting to be treated bad was because the Germans were looking for someone to blame for all of Germanys disasters so they picked the Jews and that's why everything happened and why they where treated so bad .

Daniel's Story has a suspensful rasing action was when Daniel and his family where on the train it was really suspensfulbecause the author didn't revil where they were going it made me have to keep on turning the pages and reading to find out .

The other one was that it had a revealing climax cause it said the truth about how they were being treated and also how they were being killed for no reason or just because they were Jewish . And also because it was saying how they were living and all they had to go through and that it was not fair but only that they had to do .

So if you are looking for a good book that keeps you turning the pages you should read Daniel's Story . I also predict that you will love this book after you read it .