Thank god for my patience, it only went uphill from there. In the beginning, the book was a bit boring, I almost considered returning it back to the library. In my opinion, Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev, was overall an interesting and an emotional book. Read more of my reviews of books and read-alouds for kids on A Spirited Mind.more It was interesting to talk about whether my son would forget how his family looked and even our names if he had to run away and live off the land for years like the boy in the story did. I had really good discussions with the older two kids based on this book, and my son especially seemed impacted by the story, since the main character started the war as an eight-year-old, which is my son's age. I probably wouldn’t do this book as a read-aloud, but for independent reading to later discuss with a parent I think it’s a good choice.
It’s an amazing story, and the references to difficult things are oblique enough that younger kids might not catch them. My son (age 8) read Run, Boy, Run, a true story of a young boy who escaped the Warsaw ghetto and lived on the run until the end of the war. I’m attempting to keep up somewhat with their books so that we can discuss issues. I probably wouldn’t do this book as a read-aloud, but for indepen We started studying World War II, and so the kids are reading a lot about that time period.
HMH Books for Young Readers.We started studying World War II, and so the kids are reading a lot about that time period. He will be a strong man and the run will be over. Maybe this is a transition of the boy into a man because, during this harsh circumstances, there is hope that tomorrow is another day and he will not have to run anymore. He, therefore, breaks out from the society and finds victory in running and hiding behind the hills with the guidance of the sun only. Srulik passed through insurmountable odds which include several chases, various captures, execution attempts as well as losing his arm but miraculously, Srulik survives all this through quick wits and determination.įrom the story of the orphan boy, he lives in an unsafe world where he keeps running as enemies try to catch him and execute him. He wanders from one village to the other, finding temporary refuge with partisans, peasant farmers, a Gestapo officer and a lonely German Soldier. Therefore, he spends many years in forest hiding as he depended on the generosities and sympathies of the peasant farmers residing around the area. Later on, a short reunion with his father in a potato field ends with his father dead and him transforming into Jurek, that is, a polish catholic orphan.
This is following the fact that he separated from his parents during his time in the Warsaw ghetto.Īccording to Orlev (2003), he manages to escape into the countryside where he has to literally remake himself to survive. Srulik is only eight years of age during the time when he finds himself in the Warsaw ghetto all alone. Its based on a tale of survival of one Jewish orphan during the Holocaust, a story that quite boggles the imagination. In his book, he focuses on the extraordinary account of a boys Holocaust survival. This paper is based on the summary of the book Run, Boy, Run, by Uri Orlev.
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