A Pocket Full of Seeds [Paperback]

Marilyn Sachs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 2005 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish. Now, with the Nazis occupying France, it is the only thing on her mind. An almost endless stream of refugees comes to stay at their house, and her parents wonder if they too ought to escape over the border to switzerland or take the chance and wait it out. Then one awful day Nicole comes home from school to find her parents and her sister gone. The Nazis who have taken them are still looking for her. Where can Nicole hide? And will she ever see her family again?

“A significant addition to the growing collection of children’s books dealing with World War II.”
—The Boston Globe

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About the Author

Marilyn Sachs is the author of more than 35 award-winning children’s books including The Bear’s House, The Fat Girl, and a second book about Nicole—Lost in America.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Backinprint.com (January 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595338461
• ISBN-13: 978-0595338467
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,332,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pocket Full of Stars for A Pocket Full of Seeds..., November 25, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A Pocket Full of Seeds (Hardcover)

As I read the book A Pocket Full of Seeds, by Marilyn Sacks, the vivid verbs and its unusual style soon drew me in. Taking place in Aix-les-Bains, France, in the early 1940's, it brought the sense of World War II and the invading German soldiers to life. Nicole, the main character, and her family, Papa, Maman, and little Jacquline, are Jews, so they get to "enjoy" the full wrath of the Germans.

One day, Nicole comes home from school to find a wrecked home and a neighbor urging her to leave, for her parents had been captured by the Germans! She searches for a place to stay, for the soldiers were planning to return to her apartment. Do you think she'll find one? Whatever the outcome, you will enjoy this book. The style in which the author writes is intriguing. She starts the first chaper in February 1944, but the second dates to may 1938. She increases the dates slowly as the first chaper begins to make sense, and the last chaper is dated December 1943. This book is so descriptive! I loved A Pocket Full of Seeds, and I guarantee other readers will too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Left a lasting impression..., December 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A Pocket Full of Seeds (A Puffin Book) (Paperback)

I must have read this book 5 times between 4th and 6th grade. I am now 30 years old, and the name of the book AND the author pops into my head as if it were just yesterday. I highly recommend this book for children who are just beginning to have that special curiosity about the world and its history. Thoroughly entrancing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hannah H., May 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Pocket Full of Seeds (A Puffin Book) (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book. It grabs you and makes sure you understand. It's about a girl named Nicole Nieman and her family who live in Aix-Les-Bains, France. They are not enslaved until 1944 when their town is invaded. A weakness is it can be confusing in parts of the book. Sometimes it goes back in time so Nicole, the girl, can tell when she lived with another family besides her parents. If you like the type of books that hold on to you and make you live for your life, this is a book for you.