num_pages: 227
description: The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, shares her aunt's experiences of the Holocaust in free verse that relates the courage and heartbreak she lived during a time of terrible circumstances.
language: English
title: Yellow Star
titlecomplete: Yellow Star
genres: Historical, World War II, Childrens, Fiction, Holocaust, Young Adult, War, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 15578
places: Poland
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Lamplighter Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Two Lions