28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

Written by David Safier

Narrated by Amanda Dolan

Warsaw, 1942. Sixteen-year-old Mira smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep herself and her
family alive. When she discovers that the entire ghetto is to be “liquidated”—killed or “resettled” to
concentration camps—she desperately tries to find a way to save her family. She meets a group of young
people who are planning the unthinkable: an uprising against the occupying forces. Mira joins the resistance
fighters who, with minimal supplies and weapons, end up holding out longer against the SS than anyone
had thought possible.

Much longer. For twenty-eight days.

During this time, Mira has to decide where her heart belongs. To Amos, who wants to take as many
Nazis as he can with him to the grave? Or to Daniel, who wants to help the orphans in the shelter? These
are twenty-eight days in which Mira experiences moments of great humanity, betrayal, suffering, and even
moments of happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980091691

Reviews for 28 Days

[circlestonesbooks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I don´t really like the other books of this author, but "28 Tage lang" is different, although with a more than serious, real background, this book is an impressive historic report of the situation of daily life and growing resistance of a group of young people in Warsaw Ghetto. I am still deeply impressed.

[wassilissa · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte der sechzehnjährigen Mira, die 1942 im Warschauer Ghetto lebt. Sie kümmert sich nach dem Tod des Vaters um ihre Mutter und ihre jüngere Schwester indem sie Esswaren aus dem polnischen Teil ins Ghetto schmuggelt. Doch die Situation im Ghetto wird immer schwieriger und schließlich kommt es zum Aufstand, der 28 Tage lang dauert. Mira muss immer wieder entscheiden "Was für ein Mensch willst du sein?"Ich fand das Buch gut. Der Charakter Miras ist gut getroffen und glaubwürdig. Die Verwebung der Geschichte mit der verbürgten Historie, v.a. auch (für mich als Pädagogin) mit der Geschichte von Janusz Korczak, gefiel mir gut.Hier findet man einen guten Eindruck:http://www.rowohlt.de/magazin_artikel/David_Safier_28_Tage_lang.3147536.html