White Bird
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- Create Date：2022-05-15 04:21:44
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：R.J. Palacio
- ISBN：0525645535
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Reviews
Robin Shilling
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Listen to the audiobook - you won't be disappointed！ Excellent， heart-wrenching， yet hopeful。 It's super quick read/listen。 Took about 2 hours on audiobook。 I now want to go back and listen to Palacio's other stories in this series。 Highly recommend。 Listen to the audiobook - you won't be disappointed！ Excellent， heart-wrenching， yet hopeful。 It's super quick read/listen。 Took about 2 hours on audiobook。 I now want to go back and listen to Palacio's other stories in this series。 Highly recommend。 。。。more
Sarah Shodrock
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This book gave an age-appropriate inside view of the holocaust from a Jewish survivor。 It is beautifully told and shows how much normal people risked to hide Jews from the Nazis。
Belinda Carvalho
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I heard about this via a librarian group I'm part of and really wanted to read it to assess it as a resource to use during Holocaust Memorial Month in the school library。 I thought it was a fantastic book， really well executed。 As far as I can tell the beautiful illustrations are by the author herself。 They really add many layers to this story and are to her credit。The book is based around， Julian， a character from R。J。 Palacio's bestseller Wonder。 We enter this story by following as Julian inte I heard about this via a librarian group I'm part of and really wanted to read it to assess it as a resource to use during Holocaust Memorial Month in the school library。 I thought it was a fantastic book， really well executed。 As far as I can tell the beautiful illustrations are by the author herself。 They really add many layers to this story and are to her credit。The book is based around， Julian， a character from R。J。 Palacio's bestseller Wonder。 We enter this story by following as Julian interviews his grandmother about her experiences as a Jew in France during WW2。As a teenage school girl， she is hidden and rescued by Julian （we realise he will be a significant namesake）， a disabled boy who is bullied mercilessly by his peers for his crutches and his smell。 His grandmother doesn't bully him but she is guilty of being a bystander。 Something she feels guilty about and muses on often when she is in hiding in Julian's family's barn。 She knows her parents have been taken away to a camp but through the support and compassion of Julian's amazing family she stays strong。We know that this will be a sad story and these parts when they come are very moving but done very sensitively also。 Students can learn so much from this book about empathy and treating others with dignity。 A fantastic book about bullying and about suffering in the Holocaust which is very relevant today。 。。。more
Kacie
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😭😭😭😭😭
Lola
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An excellent book to introduce young readers to history surrounding the Holocaust。 This book was incredibly moving， I had to read it all in one sitting。
Lynette
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Good way of introducing the holocaust。 Loved all the factual information at the back of the book 。Well written。
Robin
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Good fiction based on actual stories but its it's similar to several other stories I've read。 Good fiction based on actual stories but its it's similar to several other stories I've read。 。。。more
Susi
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🪶 Julian debe hacer una tarea y es así como su abuela， Sara， le cuenta cómo ella por ser judía fue acogida por una familia para esconderse de los nazis durante la Segunda guerra mundial。 ••🕊 ¿Cómo es que está autora sigue haciéndome llorar？ esta historia es desgarradora y triste， pero aun así nos habla del amor， la familia， el respeto， valentía， esperanza， amistad y muchas otras cosas más。 🕊 Esta novela gráfica la lees en un ratito。 Sara nos cuenta todo ese período de guerra y como la persona co 🪶 Julian debe hacer una tarea y es así como su abuela， Sara， le cuenta cómo ella por ser judía fue acogida por una familia para esconderse de los nazis durante la Segunda guerra mundial。 ••🕊 ¿Cómo es que está autora sigue haciéndome llorar？ esta historia es desgarradora y triste， pero aun así nos habla del amor， la familia， el respeto， valentía， esperanza， amistad y muchas otras cosas más。 🕊 Esta novela gráfica la lees en un ratito。 Sara nos cuenta todo ese período de guerra y como la persona con quién nunca había hablado y de quién todos se burlaban se convirtió en su salvador y una persona muy especial。💖 🕊 Ojalá puedan leerla niños y jóvenes y hasta adultos， porque en realidad es algo de lo que nunca se debe olvidar y que todos deberíamos de tener conocimiento。 Dentro del libro hay una cita de George Santayana y dice 《Aquellos que no recuerdan su pasado， están condenados a repetirlo。 》🪶🕊 Le doy 5/5 ⭐ sin pensarlo dos veces。 💖 。。。more
Anto Uribe
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Lloré。。。y creo que esa es la mejor forma de empezar una reseña ya que si eres una persona sensible y empatica en sobre medida （como yo） llorarás mucho。。。Pese a conocer la historia de antes por leer “La historia de Julian”， fue una experiencia muy distinta el poder ver a los personajes gracias a las ilustraciones， e ir presenciando todo lo que vivieron y qué sintieron。。。 Dentro de todo lo “trágico” de la historia， es preciosa y llena de enseñanzas。Sin duda está mega recomendadísimo para todos， pa Lloré。。。y creo que esa es la mejor forma de empezar una reseña ya que si eres una persona sensible y empatica en sobre medida （como yo） llorarás mucho。。。Pese a conocer la historia de antes por leer “La historia de Julian”， fue una experiencia muy distinta el poder ver a los personajes gracias a las ilustraciones， e ir presenciando todo lo que vivieron y qué sintieron。。。 Dentro de todo lo “trágico” de la historia， es preciosa y llena de enseñanzas。Sin duda está mega recomendadísimo para todos， para abrir los ojos y darnos cuenta de que aunque no estemos involucrados en algún conflicto o acto cruel （bullying， discriminación， peleas， etc） solo con ser espectadores y no ayudar， estamos contribuyendo a la maldad。 Espero sirva a muchos para pensar y analizar sus propias vidas y actos。。。 。。。more
Jaclyn
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A beautiful， fictional graphic novel about a girl that was hidden by a family during the Holocaust。 It is a must read but beware it is politically motivated at the end。
Gynaeya
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Very moving story
Suzie
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A book every adult and student should read！！
Mel
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4。5 🌟 -a tiny bit confusing but I loved it！！
Lynda
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The book was interesting because of its relation to Wonder。 it was good but more a story of the Holocaust than it was of Julian from Wonder。 But I liked it well enough。 Very quick read。 - Graphic novel。
Alby
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This was such a gut wrenching story， but one that should be told。
Theediscerning
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An American kid is facetiming his French-born gran。 "Grandmere， can you give me a slightly facile， sugar-coated story about the Holocaust？ Oh， and can you shoehorn it into an ongoing series so that it sells a hunka books more than it would normally？""Oh I think I can do that， mon cher， especially if I include a kind-hearted soul with polio so that the recurring theme of being good to bullying victims is allowed to grow。 What I have in mind is packing a charming-looking young girl off into a Fren An American kid is facetiming his French-born gran。 "Grandmere， can you give me a slightly facile， sugar-coated story about the Holocaust？ Oh， and can you shoehorn it into an ongoing series so that it sells a hunka books more than it would normally？""Oh I think I can do that， mon cher， especially if I include a kind-hearted soul with polio so that the recurring theme of being good to bullying victims is allowed to grow。 What I have in mind is packing a charming-looking young girl off into a French barn， where she can barely mutter the truth of the Nazi occupation， the camps， the misery of life-long racial oppression and everything else， and turn it into a saccharine semi-romance story。""Oh that would be wonderful， Grandmere。 After all， I don't really want any death in the story of six million people being slaughtered， do I？ That kid dying in 'Bridge to Terabithia' was shocking enough， even though everyone else saw that coming a million miles away。""I agree with you， mon cher， deaths like that where you see them coming a million miles off are the best， especially if delivered with cod-religious imagery of a dreamlike white bird。""That's perfect， Grandmere。 And rest assured I will make sure there's a horridly clunky and disrespectful coda to the ending， where the book thinks we're all going to be 'woke' and anti-migration controls just on the basis of what we've just seen。""Oh， but mon cher， there's just one thing。 I've never ever written a graphic novel before， and I've never drawn one before – I mean， I know I can give credit to someone who inks the panels， but I'm going to have to colour the whole 200pp to perfection， and I guess letter the thing myself， all as a novice。""White birds， grandmere – they let you get away with everything。""C'est vrai， mon cher。 C'est vrai。" 。。。more
India :）
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“White Bird” is a truly heartbreaking comic that deals with a very important topic: the holocaust。 It begins with our main character - Sara - and she gets asked to tell her holocaust story for a project that her grandson is doing。 We follow her entire experience， and what makes it so raw is that it is written from a child’s perspective。 It is just so moving to see how Sara wonders if she’ll survive another day。 The characters are quite likeable， and I like how real the book seems。 It touches sub “White Bird” is a truly heartbreaking comic that deals with a very important topic: the holocaust。 It begins with our main character - Sara - and she gets asked to tell her holocaust story for a project that her grandson is doing。 We follow her entire experience， and what makes it so raw is that it is written from a child’s perspective。 It is just so moving to see how Sara wonders if she’ll survive another day。 The characters are quite likeable， and I like how real the book seems。 It touches subjects like: regret， forgiveness and cruelty to others。 There are some very beautiful quotes。 In this book， there is one main message， and it is: we must learn from our mistakes， or else we will repeat them。 Overall， a lovely comic for all ages that is worthy of your time。 。。。more
Lia
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Mi-a placut foarte mult！ Autoarea povesteste fapte inspirate din istoria recenta si le pune intr-o maniera captivanta！ Ilustratiile foarte frumoase！ Nu am putut sa las cartea din mana！！💕💕💕
Mile
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historia emotiva y profunda， muy buena， ver otras realidades y otras épocas tan frías y duras te hace dar cuenta de muchas cosas qué hay que valorar
Kanako Okiron
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As someone who adores graphic novels， it was great to see R。J Palacio’s drawings put to paper for the first time！ I think Palacio designed the book covers for Wonder under the pseudonym Tad Carpenter which were great covers too but to do a full length graphic novel was certainly a surprise！ It’s wonderful that she retold the story of Julian’s Grandmére’s experience in WWII in pictures， I can’t wait for the movie to be released， I will definitely be seeing it in cinemas！ A sad story but a reminde As someone who adores graphic novels， it was great to see R。J Palacio’s drawings put to paper for the first time！ I think Palacio designed the book covers for Wonder under the pseudonym Tad Carpenter which were great covers too but to do a full length graphic novel was certainly a surprise！ It’s wonderful that she retold the story of Julian’s Grandmére’s experience in WWII in pictures， I can’t wait for the movie to be released， I will definitely be seeing it in cinemas！ A sad story but a reminder， especially in these times， that we must give back to horrible events in history by being better people。 。。。more
Alissa
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Wonderful book！
Bonnie Burke
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4。5。 Beautifully written and illustrated。 It’s hard to believe it isn’t all true， but I’m sure is based on actual accounts。 Made me want to keep reading。
Alisa Jimn
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Soy muy fan de las historias con temática de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y este libro es una recopilación de muchas historias que se encontraron sobre lo ocurrido en 1940。 Como la historia en sí es de algo que le pasó a una sobrevive al holocauto para mí todos aquellos que sobrevivieron ya sea escondidos o a los campos de exterminio todos son Sara。
Alim27
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Amazing book， the number of different emotions that could be put into one book is astonishing。 Along with the other books I read about genocide （Refugee and Number the Stars） this book had an amazing way of forming symbolism and also shaping what happened recently into a comic book is amazing。 The bird， a symbol of freedom has made often appeared in the book but I think it also showed hope when the character had doubts and was at her lowest they imagined the birds。 It also amazes me how much cou Amazing book， the number of different emotions that could be put into one book is astonishing。 Along with the other books I read about genocide （Refugee and Number the Stars） this book had an amazing way of forming symbolism and also shaping what happened recently into a comic book is amazing。 The bird， a symbol of freedom has made often appeared in the book but I think it also showed hope when the character had doubts and was at her lowest they imagined the birds。 It also amazes me how much could change in one singular day。 I recommend this book to 5th graders and up。 。。。more
Eric Bingham
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2。5 stars。 This book was really well done and so though-provoking。。。until the last few pages。 Seriously？！ Did the author really have to take this amazing book and ruin it by cramming a political agenda down your throat right at the end？ The book ends with an older woman who lived in France during Hitler's rule looking at a newspaper and shaking her head and lamenting that "it's happening again！" If the cartoonist had just left the newspaper blank and let the reader draw their own conclusions the 2。5 stars。 This book was really well done and so though-provoking。。。until the last few pages。 Seriously？！ Did the author really have to take this amazing book and ruin it by cramming a political agenda down your throat right at the end？ The book ends with an older woman who lived in France during Hitler's rule looking at a newspaper and shaking her head and lamenting that "it's happening again！" If the cartoonist had just left the newspaper blank and let the reader draw their own conclusions then this would have been a fine ending。 Unfortunately， they had to make it political and list a specific president （by name） and include several articles in the newspaper that mentioned things they disagreed with。 I don't know about other readers， but for me， this ruined the whole book。 It made me feel manipulated and cheapened the powerful experience that was shared in the story。 This sudden political aim seemed to come out of the blue and didn't feel like it fit with the rest of the story at all。 Three of my children also read the book and they all had the same reaction as I did （even though we disagree on politics， we did agree that this ending was not appropriate。） Oh well。 The rest of the book was quite good。 。。。more
Mary Fran Torpey
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haunting。
Lauren
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Incredibly moving and beautifully written。 I can only imagine how many accounts echo that of Sarah and Julien。 I was going to give this a solid 5 stars but truthfully， I was extremely turned off by the political jab at the end of the book。 It was uncalled for and only served to cheapen the seriousness of the story， in my opinion。
Gray
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This is a book about a Jewish girl living in France during World War Two it’s a very Good book a bit of tears， I think it a great book to start off your reading journey if you don’t know what you like。 It really has a small bit off everything it’s informative， fictional， a bit of romance （to some degree）， as well as being based on true events（ if that make any sense）。 Overall 4/5 good not too long it is a Graphic novel btw。
Desi Kennedy
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I haven't read Auggie and Me， but I may need to after finishing this graphic novel。 OH my！！！ Absolutely beautiful！！ I am still crying。 I haven't read Auggie and Me， but I may need to after finishing this graphic novel。 OH my！！！ Absolutely beautiful！！ I am still crying。 。。。more
Leah W
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