Hana’s Suitcase, Survivors, I Am A Star, The Diary Of Anne Frank, and Briar Rose

1. Hana’s Suitcase, Survivors, I Am A Star, The Diary Of Anne Frank, and Briar Rose By: Alex Tanner, Michael Porter, Oliver Stange, Jamie Haas, and Hayley Champion

2. Hana’s Suitcase • The setting of this book was in Tokyo, Japan and in Nove, Mesto in the 1940’s. • The main characters in this book are Hana, George, their parents, and Fumiko.

3. Survivor • The setting of this book was in eight different countries. Five are in Poland, one in Germany, one in Holland, and one more in Romania. • The main characters are Luncia, Herbert, Markus, George and Ursula, Walter, Sarah, Mathei, and Jack.

4. The Diary Of Anne Frank • The setting of this book is in Amsterdam, Netherlands. • It takes place in 1943 when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. • The main characters are Anne Frank, Mrs. Frank, Mr. Frank, Margot Frank, Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Van Daan, and Peter Van Daan.

5. I Am A Star • The setting of this book is in Czechoslovakia, which is to the east of Germany. The story took place in the years of 1942 – 1945. • The main character in this book is Inge Auerbacher. The story is told from her point of view.

6. Similarities • Our books are all similar because they are of course all about the Holocaust. • Another similarity is that in all our books family is important to our main character(s) • The last thing is that all our books take place in the 1940’s.

7. Briar Rose • Half of the story is in the United States and the other half of the story is in Germany. It takes place in present day. • The main characters in this book are Becca, Gemma, Shanna and Sylvia.

8. What the Holocaust Was. • The Holocaust took place during World War II. It was led by Adolf Hitler and the Germans. It was a series of unfortunate events for the Jews. The Germans or Nazis would take Jews away to Concentration Camps and pretty much let them die. The war went on for five years.