This book follows 12-year-old Jutta, a Jewish girl living in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Written in poem format, the book tells Jutta's story through entries in her autograph book as she experiences increasing persecution from the Nazis. As conditions worsen for Jews, Jutta witnesses her friends leaving and her father's business being shut down. Eventually, Jutta and her family are able to purchase tickets on a ship to America, though they do not yet have visas. The book leaves the reader wondering whether Jutta escaped Germany or what might have happened to her family.

1. Do you enjoy reading about peoples
personal accounts of history?
Do you enjoy reading
books that are written
in poem format?
You will LOVE this
book!

2. Written by Debbie Levy
Published March 16th, 2010 by
Disney-Harpion

3. Jutta is a twelve-year-old girl living in the
City of Hamburg
Did I mention?
Jutta is Jewish
She is living in Hiter's Nazi Germany where the Nazis hate the Jews
with a power so strong
In this book, we follow Jutta’s journey through this time period by reading
her poesiealbum, which is her autograph book, with inscriptions, verses,
and drawings about her experiences.

4.  "A true story of friendship, family, and farewells“
 Stories of their experiences through writing in their journal.
 A year of change and chance… confusion and cruelty… friendship, family,
and farewells…
 This is the story of Jutta and her family told through poems and promises,
wishes and warnings, names and dates
 Remembrances from Jutta's friends and relatives are the way the chapters
are introduced, written in verse form, that describe her experiences

5. 1933 - Adolf Hitler came to power in
Germany. Hitler and his political party, the
Nazi Party made hatred of Jews.
Anyone who was a member of what the
Nazis called the Jewish "race" was
considered less than fully human.
Hitler's goals was to create a nation that
was Judernrein - without Jews.

6. Each entry is made by a friend
They are giving messages of hope to
succeed and to go to better places

7. Do you wish to roam so far?
Look, the good is near.
Just learn to seize luck,
And luck will always be here.
Jutta wasn’t able to live a normal childhood. She was afraid to roam the
streets. She was afraid of being pushed off the sidewalk, afraid of
German boys throwing rocks at her, she soon wasn’t allowed to leave
her house.

8. Will is power.
"It' courage. It's strength. It's seeing the
Nazi hate everywhere - it's feeling the Nazi
hate and laughing with your girlfriends
anyway."
Jutta feels the pain of friends leaving her. She is just a child living in a
time where war and hatred is destroying her family, her friends, and
her childhood.

9. Let God be the beginning.
Let God be the end.
This is the best course in life.
 Law Against the Overcrowding of German
Schools, which aims to exclude Jews from
public schools.
 Jutta wasn't able to go to city schools anymore.
 She was only able to enroll in the Jewish
School for girls.

10.  May three angels be with you through all your life, and
the angels I mean are love, luck, and happiness
 Things will get better
Angel of Happiness – “I hope that she will find me wherever I
end up”
Jutta wonders what’s next. Will they leave? Will they
ever be safe again? She turns to her angels and
hope they guide her and her family in the right
direction.

11. Do not cause your father any worries,
Do not cause your mother any pain,
For you do not know if tomorrow
Such dear hearts will pass away.
 Jutta's father, Isaac Salzberg, is forced to shut down his business
because he is Jewish
 Nazi police conduct mass arrests of Jews throughout Germany.
 Many were arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps. Nazi
police begin to invade homes throughout Germany and round up
thousands of Jews.

12. If you have a task to do,
It is best to act fast – delay not!
When you have a thought, write it down.
Strike while the iron is hot!
• They bought tickets for a passage on a ship that will take them away to America.
• It is a lovely ship and they can’t wait to leave.
• One big problem?
• They don’t have American visas to get there…

13. Hear much, say little.
Do not complain to everyone.
Steadfast in misfortune and in fortune,
These are true masterpieces.
Jutta hears too much of what is going on but she doesn’t know what to say,
or what to do.
She wonders where she will be next ?
Will she be on a boat with a royal name?
Or on a truck filled with unwanted Jews?

14. Did Jutta and her family leave Germany?
Did they ever arrive to America?
Where did they end up next?

15.  * “An outstanding and emotionally taut read. . . .”—School
Library Journal
 “Artfully weaving together her mother’s poesiealbum
(autograph/poetry album), diary, and her own verse, Levy
crafts a poignant portrait of her Jewish mother’s life in 1938
Nazi Germany that crackles with adolescent vitality.”—
Publishers Weekly
 “… poignant and chilling . . . [a]n immensely powerful
experience….”—Kirkus Reviews
 “This is a can’t-put-down book that will spark discussions
among readers both young and old.”—IndieBound

16.  Parents’ Choice Award 2010
 Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2010
 2011 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers
 California Reading Association Eureka! Honor Book Award
2013
 American Library Association Notable Children’s Books
Nominee 2011

17. Recommended for students 10 years and
older
Students who enjoy reading books in
poem format will enjoy it
You will become attached and feel the
emotions that Juttas family felt during this
time

18.  I would give this book 5 stars!
 It is a great read and anyone who picks it up will not be able to put it down!
 You are able to easily connect to the characters and it’s almost like you are there with
them!
 Your emotions will be running the whole time!
Make sure you go pick it up today!