I Am Fifteen--And I Don't Want to Die (Point)
A True Story of Heartbreak and Heroism
by Christine Arnothy
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Christine Arnothy was just 15 years old in 1945. Here, she tells the moving story of fear and death, hunger and thirst as she hides in a cellar with her family from the marching tides of the German and Russian armies during the siege of Budapest.
Praying she would survive, asking herself whether her terrifying experiences would ever be over, and mourning the loss of some of her fellow refugees, Christine found solace in her imagination and dreamed of having a life of her own. Christine Arnothy's story is a poignant coming-of-age memoir and a remarkable tale of ordinary lives destroyed by war. It was first published in 1955 in Paris as Jai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir.
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I Am Fifteen--And I Don't Want to Die, Christine Arnothy, E.P. Dutton, Scholastic, YA, Young adult's, Teen-ager's, Teen's, Tween's, Pre-teen, Children, Children's, Juvenile, ADULT, Non-fiction, Novel, Paperback, Stories, Books, Literatue, True Story, Autobiography, Bio, Biography, Memoir, Personal narratives, récit, Historical, War, WWII, 6 Years, 1939 to 1945, 1940s, Nazis, Jews, Holocaust, Soldiers, Murders, Murderers, German, Facists, Fascism, Europe, Germany, Eastern Front, Budapest, Hungary, French, Translation, French LiteratureTimes
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I Am Fifteen--And I Don't Want to Die (Point): A True Story of Heartbreak and Heroism
September 1990, Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
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0590446304 9780590446303
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Printed in the U.S.A. / Other system no. (OCoLC)612192
*Christine Arnothy* was a Budapest-born French writer. She has written numerous books, including J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir. [Nov. 20, 1930 to Oct. 6, 2015]--Wikipedia
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Everyone, regardless of age, should read this book, as told by a 15 year-old child, who lived through WWII, and was brave enough to share her experience, with the world. Both Christine Arnothy and Anne Frank truly were courageous, heroes. May they both rest in peace knowing they have bravely, without curtains, shared their very personal stories.....and may those memories survive for always.
The true story of Christine Arnothy's experiences as a fifteen-year-old during the siege of Budapest in World War II. After hiding in a dismal cellar during the Nazi occupation, a Hungarian girl must flee from the Russians who now control her country.
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