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The Broken Mirror
by Kirk Douglas
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (1997-09-01)
ISBN: 0689814933
EAN: 9780689814938
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 96 pages
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
SKU: 7054-KDouglas
Condition: Collectible: Very Good
Comments: First Edition. Full # line. DJ has short repaired tear; now in mylar. Otherwise, copy in new condition.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Growing up in Munich in the 1930s, young Moishe loves to hear his sister, Rachel, read him his favorite story: a fairy tale about an evil mirror broken and scattered by Satan. He wonders whether shards of that mirror, which have the power to turn people's hearts to ice, still exist. A few years later, when the Nazis imprison his family in a concentration camp, he knows that they do. By the end of the war, Moishe is the only one of his family still alive, and he no longer wants to be Jewish. He tells the American liberators he is a Gypsy named Danny and is sent to a Catholic orphanage. When his best friend at the orphanage is adopted, Moishe is unable to bear yet another loss in his short life. He runs away. Yet when all seems utterly hopeless, he learns that the light of Sabbath candles is warm enough to melt the ice that has formed in his own heart. In this moving story of a young boy's flight from his past, legendary actor and acclaimed author Kirk Douglas reminds us that sometimes we must embrace our most painful memories to uncover a brighter future. He tells a timeless tale of loss of faith and its recovery.
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Customer Reviews
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The Boken Mirror
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-11-05
The Broken Mirror is a very sad book. It's about a boy, Moishe, who loses everything including his older sister, Rachel, whom he loves more than anything. She always told him a story about Satan's mirror.
In the beginning of the book him and his family are force to move to his fathers farm where a man, who later becomes engaged to Rachel, named David showed up and told Moishe's family that Nazis were close and looking for Jews. David was a student of Moishe's father. The family would have gotten away and lived happily if the well-paid help around the farm hadn't told the Nazis about them. So the family and David were shipped to a concentration camp where all were killed but Moishe. He is rescued by a kind African American. Moishe tells the man his name is David, and a German.
"David" is then sent to an orphanage where he befriends a boy named Roy. Roy gets adopted. David is crushed. He can't even tell anyone he's Jewish because he decided he didn't want to be a Jew. So he runs away. He runs until he can't run anymore. He goes into a Church where he breaks down and tells a Rabbi his horrid story. Then he is adopted by this man and he lives happily.
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The Broken Mirror
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-04-16
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a book meant for younger readers, but is a good read for any age group, and a good starter book about the Holocaust.Moishe is the only survivor after his family is taken away to the death camps. He is taken to a Catholic orphanage, where he denies he's Jewish, and calls himself Danny in an effort to forget the past. He runs away from the orphanage after his best friend is adopted. He is taken in by a rabbi and his family after Moishe hears a familiar song coming from a synagogue, and goes to investigate--bringing him full circle.
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Good short story
Rating (4)
Date: 2003-07-18
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
A novella written by the actor, Kirk Douglas. It is the story of a young German-Jewish boy during WWII. The story is told through the young man's eyes, as he tries to figure out who the Nazis are, his family's hiding, their concentration camp days, and his life afterwards. The book is told in two parts, after young Moishe decides he wants to hide his Jewish identity, he assumes the name Danny, and calls himself a gypsy. A sweet story about returning to love. The story is simple, and seems to be geared towards children/young teens, but adult readers will be able to enjoy the book just as much.
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IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD QUICK READ...
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-05-25
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book by Kirk Douglas is perhaps one the best and shortest books I have read. It is very accuarte and extremely emotional. It is a book that you will cherish and read over and over many times.
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WOW!
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-04-06
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I suggest this book to anyone of any age. A quick read, but you'll want to read it again and again! The story is about Moische, a young Jewish boy who lives during the Holocaust. He doesn't understand why he's being punished for being Jewish, and decides he just won't be a Jew anymore. This book is in 2 parts, one told by Moische and one by Danny -- who is not Jewish but holds the memories of Moische and the horrors of the Holocaust. It sounds better than this review, I promise!
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