Dobryd
by Ann Charney
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Pub Date Apr 14 2015 | Archive Date May 15 2017
Description
By the time I was five years old I had spent half my life hidden away in
a barn loft. I had vague memories of the world outside and I listened
to stories people around me told of that world, but it was hard for me
to believe in its existence. Was there really anything beyond the wails
of this barn? I knew that there were people out there, people other than
my mother, my aunt, my cousin and another family who shared our
hide-out, but it was hard for me to imagine them.
At certain
times, when a German patrol passed nearby and I was forced to remain
still, I would try very hard to see beyond the walls of our shelter.
Curiosity, doubt and fear coloured my images. Within their spectrum, I
recreated the world from which I was banished. Half invented and half
remembered, it grew in my mind and satisfied the longings that sometimes
came over me.
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| ISBN | 9781504009782 |
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Featured Reviews
Linda H, Reviewer
The period known as the Holocaust is a frequent topic of books for both adults and young adults. The book Dobryd is different in that it does not focus on characters who are arrested or imprisoned. In fact most of the story occurs in the years following the war. Told in the first person, this story details the struggles of a five year old girl as she emerges from over two years of hiding in a space too small for a standing adult. Most of her family is dead, but she still has her mother and an aunt. The reader is soon absorbed by their relationships as they begin to integrate into a Poland that is very different from the one they hid from. Their rescuer is Yuri, a Russian soldier who plays a pivotal role in helping young Ann relate to her new world and provides stability for her. Dobryd shows us the best and the worst of people and how they have a long lasting impact on Ann and her family.
Dobryd is classified as an autobiographical novel as the author was very young when the story begins and much is retold from the memories of others. It reads like fiction, but has the authenticity of history. Dobryd would be an excellent addition to a unit on the Holocaust or World War II. It invites comparisons to books such as The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank that are typically examined by students in learning about this period. Dobryd offers opportunities to feel with Ann the discrimination she experienced based on religion and her family's former social standing. We get to learn of her rapidly disappearing Polish heritage and of the geographical struggles Poland underwent as a nation being divided by its neighbors as one of the spoils of war.
Melissa M, Reviewer
Excerpt from the Review: "...Dobryd is an incredible read. Short and well-written, it is a stirring account of a broken family's attempt at living a normal life after surviving dangerous circumstances. One slip up and the family might have been found by German patrols and ended up in concentration camps or worse. Even their protectors and liberators couldn't be trusted. I quickly absorbed this book, finishing it in just a couple of days. Ann Charney is an excellent storyteller and I would love to read more from this author."
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