Alicia

Book: Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman published 1988
ISBN 13: 9780553282184

How I found this Book: School list (6 out of 7 baby!)

Average Goodreads Rating: 4.2 stars (out of 5,246 ratings)
My Rating: 5 out of 5 magic markers

   Okay so this book took a little longer to finish because I started school again. *tear* Winter break why must you go by so fast. Technically I haven't finished the book yet, but I'm 20 pages away and i'm having internet related issues that I won't go into.
        
      Wow! This book should be a movie! It's a memoir written by a woman who survived the holocaust, Alicia Appleman-Jurman. She lost all of her brothers and both her parents to the Nazis and she escaped death countless times and earning an award from the military for her bravery. At the age of 13 she began saving the lives of strangers and at 15 she began an orphanage for Jewish children and later moved on to help smuggle jews out of the country.

        This book has some wild highs and lows and honestly I cried a little when she lost her mother. She had to do so much to support her for several months bringing home tiny amounts of food and just trying to survive. Alicia had to switch homes so many times and deal with disease and spent several months in prison. I have so much respect for this woman it's unbelievable. She reminds me of Katniss and Tris with her level of badassness and bravery but its so much better since it's real!

     I would never be able to survive the way she did. If I lost my family I have no idea how I would function. I've thought about this a few times, since there seem to be so many teens thrown into scary apocalyptic situations and handling the situation, becoming heroes.  I would wonder how I would react in that kind of situation. As much as I wish I was a badass, I'm a nerd. I would freeze with fear and run away. I'm around the same age as she was and couldn't imagine doing any of the things she did.  Of course we'll never know unless it happens so when the zombies and or Nazis... or zombie Nazis arrive we shall see.  So again, this lady is really something special.

   I highly recommend this book. So if you ever get a chance you really should. This book was beautifully written and by far the best memoir I've ever read. (although there have not been very many. Ha.)
        
                                  Thanks For Reading! - R