Customer Reviews

The Night Journey (Puffin story books)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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This was a really great book that kept me reading for a few days. It really showed me what it was like for a Jewish girl to live through turn-of-the-century Russia. This was a summer reading book for me at school, but I'm certainly glad I read it! I would reccommend this book to any and all who are looking for a great read!

This book is well-written and deals with a number of interesting issues, including racism, genocide, inter-generational relationships, and adolescence. The language is rich and the tale is engaging. The book is NOT, however, about the Nazis. The plot follows an escape from CZARIST RUSSIA.

I think this is a great book but sometimes gets a little boring. It shows lots of excitement that grabs you and makes you want to read more! I really recommend this book!!

Here's one for the girls. A thirteen-year-old girl dreads the afternoons she must spend with her grandmother until she becomes interested in the tales her grandmother reveals of her past. Give this book a chance, as it does not grab the reader right away. I promise you the story gets better with time...like a strong marriage. [...]

This is a story about a Russian family in the time of Nicholas the Second. They are going on a journey because they want to find a new home where they won't be bullied by Nicholas the Second. But on their journey they end up running into some Russian soldiers on some of the last times I read about this happening, they pretended that one of the family members were dead and they were having a funeral. Now they are in their home but their great-grandmother has died. I thought the book was OK. One thing I liked about it is when they had the need to sneak some gold to the sentry to get to their new home. One part I didn't like was when their great-grandmother died.

At first i thought this book was very boring. As i got deeper and deeper in to it i foung my self not stoping when reading was over. What i liked about the book was that it was about jews in world war 2, and that sparks my intrest because i have jewish backround. The fact that a little girl helped her family escape from the nazies was also very intresting to me. The book was told in first person and kept going back and forth in time which sometimes confused me. That was the only thing about the book that annoyed me. i would find myself having to read a hold 3 pages over because i was confused. I liked that the story was told by an elderly grandma to her grand daughter. My grandmother used to tell me stories like that and it brought back memories. I rated this book a four out ot five because of all the action and drama. The only thing i did not like about the book was that sometimes it got very boring and it went back and forth in time, confusing me. All in all it was a good book, and i would reccomend it to anyone who likes world war 2 stories about jews.

This was a great book. At first i thought this book was boring , but as i got deeper and deeper into the book i found my self not stoping when reading time was over. The book was told in first person which made it intresting , because they would flip back and forth through time. It was intresting for me because it was about the jews in world war, and i am half jewish. Most world war booke spark my intrest. The charasters were well described down to the smallest detail. Also, what was intresting about the book was that it was about an old latie telling her grand daughter about how she helped her family escape from a consentration camp and getting them home safly. the only thing i did not like about the book was thet since it switched back and forth in time so mush that sometimes i didnt understand. All in all i rated this book a 3 out of 5 because of all the action and drama, but little bordem. I would reccomend this book to anyone who is intresten in world war 2 events.