About this title: It's right after the end of WWII, and Henry works for Mr. Hairston, a brutal, bigoted man who Henry suspects is beating his daughter. Henry has befriended Holocaust-survivor Mr. Levine, who is carving a replica of his village, destroyed in the war. Henry's friendship with Mr. Levine is put to the test when Mr. Hairston demands that Henry destroy Mr. Levine's village.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440219033ISBN:0440219035
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 101p. Audience: Young adult. Reading level is 6.1 GE but content is appropriate for young adults. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440219033ISBN:0440219035
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385308182ISBN:0385308183
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. 1519-In great shape just has the usual library stuff on and in it. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 101 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Reader
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385308182ISBN:0385308183
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-library. 139-U. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 112 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781556909566ISBN:155690956X
Description: Very Good. TWO FINE UNABRIDGED AUDIO CASSETTES IN AN X-LIBRARY CLAMSHELL CASE. OVER TWO HOURS PLAYING TIME NARRATED BY GEORGE GUIDALL. DAILY SHIPPING. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385308182ISBN:0385308183
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; Ex-lib with usual distinctions, mild cover and DJ wear, binding tight, text clean. 0385308183; 13912. Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 101 pages. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press, N. Y.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385308182ISBN:0385308183
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws............The hard cover and the jacket has very light wear.......We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.... read more
"After having read a number of Robert Cormier books with tragic endings, I hesitated to read this one, recommended by a friend, but I felt satisfied by the conclusion. This was a short book on intimidation (a Robert Cormier theme) by a racist grocer on a pre-adolescent boy who desperately needed his job at the grocery."
"A story with a pointless plot about an anti-semitic man who blackmails a little boy to destroy the replica of his friend's village during the Second World War Holocaust. This is it."
"Cormier weaves a dark, haunting story in the aftermath of World War II. Henry, whose parents are grief-stricken over the death of Henry's older brother, have moved to a new town. Henry befriends a Jewish man from the insane asylum down the street who spends his days at a shelter carving a replica of the village he had lost. The boy works for a shopkeeper, Mr. Hairston, who manipulates Henry, promising him that his mother will get a promotion at work and he will be able to keep his job if he will destroy the old man's village. The book is an exploration of the dark side of human nature and the suffering that comes to the innocent from prejudice and hate. It is also a story of the triumph of the human spirit. I found it in the image of the old man's rebuilding of his village, a labor of love and healing."
"Excellent and mature book, though very short (101 pages). Henry's brother is killed by a hit and run driver, destroying his father, who wallows in depression, and almost ruining the family. The family moves to a new town, where Henry meets two fateful people: old Mr. Levine, a survivor of the Holocaust who obsessively carves a miniature of his childhood village, destroyed by the Nazis, and Mr. Hairston, Henry's irascible boss. The theme of the book deals with moral choices and the deliberate corrupting of the innocent by evil. Though evil seems to win a bit, good finally comes out on top at the end. Positive."
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