The Yellow Bird Sings Author:Jennifer Rosner Poland, 1941. After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, spend day and night hidden in a farmer's barn. Forbidden from making a sound, only the yellow bird from her mother's stories can sing the melodies Shira composes in her head. — Roza does all she can to take care of Shira and shield her f... more »rom the horrors of the outside world. They play silent games and invent their own sign language. But then the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Roza must face an impossible choice: whether to keep her daughter close by her side, or give her the chance to survive by letting her go . . .
The Yellow Bird Sings is a powerfully gripping and deeply moving novel about the unbreakable bond between parent and child and the triumph of humanity and hope in even the darkest circumstances.« less
Beautifully written story of a mother and young daughter in hiding during the Holocaust. Moving, vividly told, weaving in the theme of the child's musical gifts and how they help her to endure.