Awarded Honors:

2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
2007 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Honor Book
2007 ALA Notable Children's Book
2006 National Jewish Book Awards Finalis
2006 School Library Journal Best Book
2006 The New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"

Starred Reviews: Publishers Weekly Booklist, School Library Journal VOYA

Yellow Star

Marshall Cavendish (Spring 2006)

For ages 10 - adult

Now Available as an Audio Book!

A stunning, poetic recreation of a life lived within the horror that was the Holocaust."
Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose and Owl Moon

"In vivid free verse, Jennifer Roy tells a story of hope and courage as gripping as Schindler's List."
Eric Kimmel, author of Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins

"Beautifully told and unforgettable, Yellow Star reminds us that hope and innocence can shine through the darkest hours."
David Lubar, author of Dunk

Syvia is a young Jewish girl living in Poland. When the Nazis invade, Syvia’s family is forced to move into the Lodz Ghetto. For the next five-and-a-half years Syvia, her parents, and sister Dora struggle to survive horrific conditions and Nazi brutality.

Yellow Star is based on the true story of Jennifer Roy's aunt Syvia’s childhood in the Lodz Ghetto. While a quarter of a million Jews entered the ghetto, only 800 were left alive when liberation came in 1945. Twelve of them were children. Jennifer Roy's aunt Syvia was one of those children.

Yellow Star provides readers a rare look at family life inside the Lodz Ghetto. Syvia’s story is profoundly moving, suspenseful, uplifting, and even humorous at times. And it really happened.

***** Yellow Star : starred review in Publishers Weekly and Booklist magazines! *****
(April 2006)