Jacob's Rescue

Jacob’s Rescue is a very exciting and suspenseful novel. I liked that it made me want to read on and finish it right away. Jacob lives in a house with his family and has a butler named Stasek who is playful with the children. He is living a peaceful life when all of a sudden the Nazis invade Poland! Then Jacob is forced to live in a ghetto with his mother and Aunt Hannah, which is a miserable place. His other family members died in the invasion.Alex and Mela Roslan are brave enough to risk their lives to save a Jewish child and hide Jacob from the Nazis. Jacob becomes friends with their children, Yurek and Marishka. Meanwhile, the Nazis have strict control over Poland and the family’s safety is continually threatened. If Jacob is discovered, the whole family will be killed. Will anyone come to the Polish’s side to aid them or will it stay this miserable wasteland forever and what will happen to Jacob? I loved this book and it was so vivid, I felt like I was present in the story at some nerve-chilling points. Jacob’s Rescue gave me different kinds of emotions from sad to happy and I recommend you read this novel because it really helped me understand more about World War II.

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I would highly recommend Jacob's Rescue to anyone who loves action, adventure, and history. The book takes place in Germany during World War Two. Jacob's a little boy who is taken form his home by the Nazi's and forced to live in a ghetto. When Jacob's grandmother finds a German man to take him, things turn. He has to go into hiding so he doesn't get caught and get his new family in trouble. This is where suspense and adventure begin. I don't want to give too much away, but the book will keep you riveted.

The story of courage and sacrifice from 1941-1945 aligns war and prejudice with courage and sacrifice. This true story shows some of the worst and best of humans beings' choices and actions.

If you desire to teach your children, students, or yourself about the horrors of the Holocaust, please read this book. It's reader friendly yet heart wrenching. it doesn't mince words about the horrors of Hitler's insane commitment to exterminate all Jews. But it does allow the reader to see the hope that was alive in Jacob and those brave enough committed to saving his life. My students love the book.

it was as described

My son loves this book it basically gave him a view of the trouble that the Jews went thru during the reign of Adolf Hitler. It mostly focused on a little boy who went through this ordeal but later survived and got married and had his own children. The story did have a happy ending.

Assigned for a summer reqading project. Although the material was sad it was not overly so. You really felt connected with Jacob and the book was an easy read.