About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1
Lexile Measure: 670L
Guided Reading Level: U
Age: Age 11, Age 9, Age 10
Genre: Classics, Historical Fiction
Subject: Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Equality, Fairness, Justice, Holocaust, Honor, Jewish Experience
LANGUAGE ARTS: Words with Life
The author's use of personification provides an opportunity to introduce this literary device. Explain that personification is when a writer gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or animals. Give these examples from the text:
- “seagulls soared and cried out as if they were in mourning.”
- “dawn would wake”
- “trees and bushes closed around her”
Challenge students to find other examples and then to write their own.
- Subjects:Writing
- Skills:Writing
