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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
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Plot Summary of Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
"Marion Blumenthal and her family are trying to get out of Nazi Germany. They get to Holland but the Nazis soon catch them. They get sent to Bergen-Belson, an infamous prison camp. Then Marion goes on a quest to find four perfect pebbles. If she finds them then it means that her family will stay together. This is a touching story about a little girl who is very worried about her family.
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Dashaun Montanez, Resident Scholar



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Plot
War/Cloak & Dagger story? - holocaust
War/Spying Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity - Jew
Nationality - German
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Eastern Europe
Misc setting - prison
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 14-16
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more dialog than descript
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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