The Diary of Laura’s Twin by Kathy Kacer

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The Diary of Laura's Twin

Summery:

In the novel “The Diary of Laura’s Twin by Kathy Kacer is about a girl named Laura who is having her bat mitzvah and gets assigned to do a project about a kid from the holocaust who never had got the chance to have a bat mitzvah. Laura gets a diary from an old woman but does not know it’s her diary from when she was a little girl. As she reads it learns that the girl Sara is around her age and is living in the Warsaw ghetto during the holocaust with her bother, sister, mom, dad, grandpa, grandma and her best friend Deena. As Laura is reading the book in her life she goes throw problems with her friends and other kids from her school destroying gravestones.

Characters:

There are many charters in this book like the two main ones Laura Wyman and Sara Gittler. They are both about 14 years old. Laura is the main charter of the present time and Sara is the main charter in the diary. They are both smart girls. Laura has a younger sister named Hinda and her two best friends Nix and Adam. Laura, her friends and family all live in a small town. Sara also has a younger sister and a brother Named David and her best friend Denna. They all live in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Narration:

The narration in “The Diary of Laura’s Twin” is in 3rd person because the story is not written by Laura or Sara and does not say I or my.

Setting:

The novel takes place in many different places between the diary and real life. In the diary the main places are the apartment that Sara lives in, the courtyard in Warsaw ghetto. In the diary, Sara goes outside into the normal town to get food. In real life Laura goes to school, her home, Mrs. Mandelcorns home who is Sara and the graveyard.

Climax:

The climax in “The Diary of ...

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...tion camp. In both story and memoir the main characters are about 14 years old when they get put in the ghetto and camp. Another similarity is they both got a small portion or bread, food, soup and water and did not want to waste any of it. Also they both left on cattle cars to the concentration camps.

Differences:

In the story “The Diary of Laura’s Twin” by Kathy Kacer and the memoir "Night" By Elie Wiesel also have many differences like narration, setting and overall treatment. One difference is in the book it does not go into detail about what happened after they got transported because she hid the diary when she had to go and in the memoir it goes into detail about what happened in the camps and on the train ride there. Another is in the book it does not talk about the harsh treatment and how they looked in the ghetto and the camps but in the memoir it does.

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