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Title: The Night of the Burning
Subtitle: Devorah's Story
Author: Linda Press Wulf
Narrator: Linda Press Wulf
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-14
Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
Genres: Teens, Ages 11-13
Publisher's Summary:
Devorahs world is shattered by the tragedies of post-Great War Europe: gas poisoning, famine, typhoid, and influenza. Then comes the Night of the Burning, when Cossacks provoke Christian Poles to attack their Jewish neighbors.
In 1920, eleven-year-old Devorah and her little sister, Nechama, are the sole survivors of their community. Salvation arrives in the form of a South African philanthropist named Isaac Ochberg, who invites Devorah and Nechama to join his group of two hundred orphans in their journey to safety in South Africa.
Although reluctant to leave her homeland, and afraid to forget her family, Devorah follows her sister, who is determined to go to the new country. There Devorah is dealt the greatest blow - Nechama is adopted and taken away from her. In the end, though, Devorah realizes that she is not solely responsible for keeping the past alive, and that she will not betray her beloved parents when she is adopted herself - and finds happiness again.
This gripping first novel, inspired by and based closely on the childhood of the authors mother-in-law, was recipient of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. The Night of the Burning is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Members Reviews:
Outstanding book
My mother's siblings were Ochberg Orphans brought up in the Johannesburg Jewish Orphanage. I was brought up by my aunt, who was one of the Ochberg orphans, after my mother died. Many of my aunt's friends were also Ochberg orphans. My uncle was adopted shortly after arriving at the orphanage in Johannesburg and, as the book describes, each adoption is a story in itself.
The story is beautifully told and brought tears to my eyes on several occasions. I can strongly recommend this book for both adults and children.
At my aunt's orphanage in Poland, which I believe was in Warsaw, the children were divided into three groups with sibling all being in the same group. The first group was sent to the USA, the second group to South Africa and the third group to Palestine - this was different to what happened at the different orphanage described in the book. Otherwise, the book closely resembles what I heard from my aunt in her reminiscences.
Barry Berelowitz, San Diego, CA
night of the burning kept me up all night. it's that good
powerful and compelling story of two young sisters wrenched from home and family for their faith and their journey from the flames of their village to a new home in south Africa. i could not put it down.
An amazing story.
My heart fell for this amazing story of two young girls. This story is about two Polish girls who went through some very tough times. From losing their parents to moving to Africa and to being separated. I particularly like the way the story moves in between the past and their present. I would recommend this book to anyone aged between 11-14. You will not regret buying this book.
Great Jewish Historical Fiction
This was such a moving book I got lost in, I contacted the writer to see if she ever did public speaking. Listed as a JR reading, i read it as an adult and have recommended it many times for others.
Raisins and almonds; Sleep, my little one, sleep.
If I were a writer of children's books, which I am not, and I wanted to write my debut novel I'd start very slow. Maybe write something fluffy and fun to begin with and then slowly, over the years, ease my way into serious historical fiction.
