The Choice

Name: The Choice
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Kathy Clark
ISBN: 9781772603026

Author: Kathy Clark

Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers #15

Narrator: Mark Harrietha

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 05/30/2022

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

Jakob and his family hide their Jewish identity in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Discovered, he is sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz where he keeps himself alive out of a desire for revenge on the friend he believes turned on him, only to discover when he is free that things are not as he thought.Thirteen-year-old Jakob’s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, a choice that puts his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian whose father is a high-ranking military official, will help his family, but he comes to believe that Ivan has abandoned them. Sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, Jakob is kept alive by his passion for revenge against Ivan. When Jakob is finally freed, he discovers that Ivan too made a choice that day, a choice that changes everything Jakob thought was true.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 01, 2015

Based on the experiences of the author's father, this story of the impact of one choice is riveting and original. When thirteen-year-old Henrik decides to visit his family across the river in the Jewish ghetto of Budapest, Hungary, he is torn between the safety that his family's hidden identity has......more

Goodreads review by Edward on July 09, 2015

Well-written, compelling Holocaust fiction based upon the experiences of the author's father.......more

Goodreads review by Room 204 on February 11, 2020

The Choice by Kathy Clark The Choice, written by: Kathy Clark is a book about a boy named Hendrik who will soon find out his actual name is to be Jakob. He grew up in the 2nd world war as a Jew in Budapest, but his family decided in the beginning of the war to move to the other side of the Danube ri......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on December 16, 2020

I hate to give such a low rating to a Holocaust book, but seeing as I cannot find a lot of the true facts to compare with this book and it reads as more historical fiction than a true story I cannot give it a better one. Parts of this story are even recognizable as another person's story which I mus......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on February 16, 2016

Set in Budapest, Hungary beginning on October 30, 1944. As Brother Ferenc begins to counsel the boys in Hendrik’s class about their upcoming confirmation, he tells them that in the future their religious life will not be governed by their parents, but that they themselves will have to take responsibi......more