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Chapter:1 Jacob is a thirteen year old Jewish boy. He lives in Poland with his mom and dad he has no siblings. His dad owns a bakery with Jacob’s uncle. His mom is a stayed home mother she just cleans and cooks. Jacob is at school most of the time for seven hours a day he hangs out with his friends and learns very well. When Jacob comes home he eats and does his homework then goes outside with his friends until sunset. His aunt and uncle both own and work at the same bakery. Fred, Thomas and Issac are Jacob’s best friends they hang out with each other everyday. They go to the same school and have the same classes with each other. Mrs.Immerglicks is Jacob’s neighbor. She is an old lady so yells at Jacob a lot because he keeps on kicking the …show more content…
He watched a man trying to escape from the camp the fence was electrical there was no way out unless you were moving to a different camp, either way there were way too many guards to try and escape.

Chapter:4 Jacob was working hard everyday he listened to what the Nazis told him to do. He didn’t get much food they would only eat at night time before going to bed with the people that lived in the barracks as him. He would receive soup bread and water but just a little sample of it. Jacob would always save his bread if he was hungry at night or during a trip.

Chapter:5 Working in a concentration camp is hard you would either carry heavy rocks on your back that can break your back and mining was one of the hardest jobs because you always had a guard right behind and there were no breaks to go to the bathroom. Jacob was mining most of the time he met a friend they worked together everyday until he got sick and the Nazis killed him because if you were to sick to work they would kill

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