Yanek: A Brief Summary

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Yanek is running home to his family to the noise of gunshots behind him. Ever since the germans have taken his town the germans have been shooting all of the jews and taking them to work for the germans. Soon Yanek will be taken to a concentration camp in a different town that the germans already took. All of the jews are taken by train for days. Will yemek even make alive? Will he get enough food?
I really liked this book because I like war and survival books. He really has to take all things for granted if he wanted to survive. If i were in that situation I would take all I can and run away in the woods before the germans got to my town. I liked how yanek was helping other boys his age and that the other boys did not know it was him helping.

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