- Hardcover: 120 pages
- Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (4 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0807531480
- ISBN-13: 978-0807531488
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 899,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The text is well written, moving, and accessible; the photos are involving and the format is well designed."
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In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo. It belonged to a orphan girl called Hana Brady. Everyone was desperate to discover the story of Hana - Who was she? What had happened to her? This is her true story.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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Hana's suitcase tells the story of Hana Brady and the suitcase with her name painted on it. One small piece of her life that she took with her on her final journey to the Gas Chambers of Auschwitz. Her story would remain untold if not for a Japanese Curator of a small Holocaust museum in Tokyo who after being sent the case to put on display, was compelled by her child students to try and find out what happened to the little girl who had owned the case originally.
Told in flashbacks, we learn about Hana Brady, her loving hard working parents and her older brother George, a middle class family living in Czechoslovakia who just happened to be Jewish. And because they were Jewish they were targeted by the Nazis, first the father was arrested, then the mother and finally the children were taken, and Hana who was then just 13 years old was killed upon her arrival at Auschwitz.
However her older brother George somehow survived the Holocaust and the determined museum curator tracked him down and George Brady, now a Canadian, was finally able to lay the memory of his little sister to rest.
In 2002 he went to Tokyo and met the curator and the many school children who saw in that simple piece of luggage the very essence of who his sister had been, Hana Brady, schoolgirl, artist, daughter, game player, sister, dreamer granddaughter and finally a victim of the Holocaust.
A moving book for all ages, short and simple, well worth a read.
Told in flashbacks, we learn about Hana Brady, her loving hard working parents and her older brother George, a middle class family living in Czechoslovakia who just happened to be Jewish. And because they were Jewish they were targeted by the Nazis, first the father was arrested, then the mother and finally the children were taken, and Hana who was then just 13 years old was killed upon her arrival at Auschwitz.
However her older brother George somehow survived the Holocaust and the determined museum curator tracked him down and George Brady, now a Canadian, was finally able to lay the memory of his little sister to rest.
In 2002 he went to Tokyo and met the curator and the many school children who saw in that simple piece of luggage the very essence of who his sister had been, Hana Brady, schoolgirl, artist, daughter, game player, sister, dreamer granddaughter and finally a victim of the Holocaust.
A moving book for all ages, short and simple, well worth a read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A suitcase belonging to a Hana Brady gets to the children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo in the year 2000. It immediately propels students and teachers alike to find out more about this mysterious girl. Thanks to their invaluable work, they are able to retrace Hana's story. This book is the result of their search for the truth.
A clear, simple narrative delivers a vivid picture of what happened. It was touching to see the dedication and interest of the children and of Ms. Ishioka to find out as much information as possible with just a name to start with. Well done.
I believe that this book is also suitable to readers aged 12+.
A clear, simple narrative delivers a vivid picture of what happened. It was touching to see the dedication and interest of the children and of Ms. Ishioka to find out as much information as possible with just a name to start with. Well done.
I believe that this book is also suitable to readers aged 12+.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I was given this book by a friend because I am Jewish and she thought I might like it. To be quite honest, I wasn't thrilled to read it as fun reading for me is fiction where I can disappear while reading. But I did as it wasn't very long and I figured if I read a little a day, I could finish it in a few days. I was wrong...I read it in one sitting. I loved the book. I loved the fact that in Japan they are learning about the Holocaust and I loved how determined Ms. Ishioka was to find out more about the Holocaust, Hana in particular, and teach it to Japanese children. This was a very different book than Anne Frank, which is an exceptional book, but it was nice to read something which shows a different way of telling the story. I highly recommend this book.
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OK but not the best. The book would be more suitable for children.
This book is written as if it was meant for children, learning about the Holocaust. It starts as one Japanese teacher organises an exhibition in Japan about the Holocaust and tries... Read more
Published 1 month ago by viera
useful book
THIS BOOK WAS BOUGHT AS A YR6 RESOURCE BOOK AS THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING A BOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MY DAYGHTER REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND FOUND IT MOVING IN PARTS. Read more
Published 6 months ago by luv dinos
A young Japanese woman's quest for the story of the owner of a...
Fumiko Ishioka sets out to discover the identity of the owner of a suitcase which arrives at the Holocaust Museum in Tokyo. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Deb
Interesting but no great expectations
Picked up the book following my interest in the WW2 era.A fun read for people not well acquainted with the era I suppose ... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Maroun H. Khoury
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I couldn't put this book down from the moment I opened the first page. Two and a half hours later, book finished, I surfaced! It is fascinating and gripping. Read more
Published 22 months ago by G. CROCKETT
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Hana's Suitcase: A True Storyvery good service and value. I found the book very easy to settle in and read. Read more
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