Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

Syvvia was a Jewish girl living in Poland during World War II. She was four when her family was forced into a ghetto and almost 10 years old when her family regained their freedom. All of her childhood memories are of that ghetto where they suffered from hunger, cruelty, and overwhelming fear of being sent to death camps. The Nazis murdered all the children in the ghetto, but Syvia survived because her father dug a grave for her to hide in in the cemetery. After the children were killed Syvia had to be in hiding from everyone. The book is very easy to read. It's told in verse form that is almost like poetry, but more like the thoughts and experiences of a young girl. Yellow Star is a fiction book, but it is based entirely on the author's aunt's experiences in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II. This book is recommended for readers of all ages.