Prisoner B-3087
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4.6 • 93 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Survive. At any cost.10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later. Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will -- and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside? Based on an astonishing true story.
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
Omg I absolutely LOVE this book!! It’s exciting, and it feels like ti brings itself to life. I have even already started to listen to it again and I finished it last night lol! But anyways this book is def one of my top 10!!
10/10
Third book in a row about the holocaust. This was an AMAZING story! The whole time whilst reading, I couldn’t believe what my own eyes read. And the fact that this story was based on a real person was unimaginable. I can’t believe Yanek (or Jack) survived 11 freaking concentration camps and 2 death marches. This book really just got me thinking and contemplating. An amazing story, I simply can’t describe how good it is.
A Little Boribg
I have read many of Alan Gratz’s war books, and I have loved them all. This one, however, just didn’t do it for me. If I could, I would rate this book a 3.5 stars out of 5, but that option is unavailable. Instead of rounding up to 4 stars, I went down to 3 stars because of the less intense plot. I understand that the book is based on a true story, but I read fiction books from Alan Gratz to get that thrill and almost unbelievable plot. This book was still great; it just wasn’t my cup of tea.