I have lived a thousand years : growing up in the Holocaust / Livia Bitton-Jackson.

Author: Jackson, Livia Bitton.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997.

ISBN: 0689810229
9780689810220

Description: 224 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Jackson, Livia Bitton Childhood and youth.
Jackson, Livia Bitton Juvenile literature.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Hungary Personal narratives Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Jews Persecutions Hungary.
Jews Persecutions Hungary Juvenile literature.
Concentration camps Poland.
Women Biography.
Hungary Ethnic relations Juvenile literature.

Notes: Sequel: Bridges of hope.

Contents: The City of My Dreams -- "Hey, Jew Girl, Jew Girl..." -- The Tale of the Yellow Bicycle -- The Tale of the Yellow Star -- Farewell, Old Mr. Stern -- The Ghetto -- A Miracle -- Daddy, How Could You Leave Me? -- Can I Keep My Poems Please? -- Aunt Serena -- Oh, God, I Don't Want to Die! -- Auschwitz -- Arbeit Macht Frei -- Born in the Showers -- The Riot -- Teen Vanity -- The Dawn of New Hope -- "Mommy, There's a Worm in Your Soup!" -- Alien Heroes -- The Uprising -- Hitler is Not Dead -- Tattoo -- The Broken Bed -- Is it True About the Smoke? -- The Selection -- The Transport -- A Handkerchief -- This Must Be Heaven -- Herr Zerkubel -- Leah Kohn, Forgive Me... -- The Bowl of Soup -- The Bird of Gold -- An Echo in the Fog -- To Face the World -- The Lost Game -- It's an American Plane! -- Freedom, at Last -- Homecoming -- "America, Will You Be My Home?" -- The Statue of Liberty -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Glossary of terms.

Summary: The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.