Silver Days

by Sonia Levitin

Book Overview

Silver Days is Sonia Levitin's story of a Jewish family--escaping from Hitler's Germany--that moves from New York City to California.

In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689715706
• ISBN13: 9780689715709
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Siver Stars, Silver Days, Silver Everything!

The story I have chosen to write a review on is called Siler Daysby Sonia Levitin. It is a historical fiction book about a Jewish girl's life during the Holacost. Lisa Platt has moved to New Yorkfrom Germany to be safe from Adolf Hitler. Lisa lives with her mother and father and her two sisters Ruth and Annie. Lisa's family has very little money for food and a nice place to place to live. They struggle everyday to keep up with their very little money and their lives. The Platt's and Lisa never give up though. They have courage, hope and bravery. They're living through hard times but they hope to manage. This was a wonderful book and I hope others will read it. Sonia Levitin is a great writer so I suggest you read the other books she's written. If you decide to read Silver Days, have fun!

Silver, not gold

I think Silver Days by Sonia Levitin was a great book. It deserves five stars. I think it really shows how hard it was for Jewish people to get a decent living when they fled from Nazi Germany. This great novel is a sequel to Journey to America. This story starts out where Journey to America left off. Lisa Platt and her family were awaiting tickets for a boat to America from their father, who already was in America. They had to wait one year in Switzerland for the tickets. They reached America just as World War II was beginning in Europe. When they saw their apartment, all they had for furniture were orange crates and beds. During this period, they endure racial discrimination. They feel that in order to get away from this is to move to California. When they get a house there, their treatment is about the same, but they believe it is much better than New York. At school, Lisa gets back to dancing after five years, but her teacher, who people call "The Nazi", does not allow her to take the classes until she practices. After her teacher accepts her into her class, she becomes one of the best dancers in the school. Along the way, she and her older sister Ruth fall in love. When they receive a letter from their old maid, they find out that what they have been missing is faith. In the end they go back to their roots, beliefs, rituals and everything they did in Germany, even though they wanted to be as American as possible.

This book was one of the best that I have ever read.

I found this book in my local library, and I have enjoyed reading it over and over again. The Platt family is like many, going through tough times and trying to get over them. I found myself relating to Lisa many times during the story. I finished the whole book in two days. I just couldn't put it down. This is a must have for all young readers and should be in everyone's home library collection!

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT,EXCELLENT!!!!!

"Silver Days",is one of the best books I've ever read.I enjoyed, "Journey To America", which is the sequel to,"Silver Days", but I liked "Silver Days", better. Believe it or not, I read "Silver Days" first because I couldn't find "JTA" at the time and I liked it just as much as if I had read the first book. That is good, because often if you read the sequel to a book first you don't understand it very well. But "Silver Days" wasn't like that at all. It was very well written and could become a book all by it's self.

A great book about a family of struggling German immigrants

This book was great!! I have read it many times, and plan to read it more!! Sonia tells about the struggles of a German immigrant family, in the United States. The mother not knowing if her mother is alive, or was killed by the Nazi's. I reccomend this book strongly! :)