Summary Of Allah's Key By Rosnay

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The story surrounds two people and two time periods first being,1942 and second, 2002. All of the main story and action takes place in Paris. The two stories alternate throughout the book.
Imagine being awoken early in the middle of the night by banging on the door.And then being told to pack up and leave.Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is a novel of Historical fiction about a young girl, Sarah Starzynski, who was taken in France during the roundup of Jews in July 16, 1942, when the French police arrested thousands of Jews throughout Paris. Sarah and her family were sent to an inhumation camp where other jews were held before being sent to Auschwitz where they were killed. Julia Jarmond, an American journalist living in Paris, is assigned

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