I have lived a thousand years blurb8/4/2023 ![]() ![]() The book is survivor Livia Bitton-Jackson's autobiographical account of the Holocaust. I Have Lived a Thousand Years is haunting, stirring, terrifying, and most frighteningly of all, real. Yet in a few months time she would be wishing desperately for the days when she was simply discriminated against, when at least her family was united and her dignity remained. Her shiny new bike was confiscated, and her bright teenage clothes were spoiled by ugly yellow stars that were fastened, one by one, to her lapels. ![]() Her school was closed permanently, and all of her hard work and top-notch grades were forgotten, disregarded. In one fell swoop, her life came out from under her. She had friends and a crush and a wonderful family-a pretty good life. Elli was thirteen years old clever, ambitious, funny, and terribly excited about her new bike.
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