Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key is a historical fiction novel that ties two stories into one. The novel is about Sarah Starzynski, a young Jewish girl in Paris during 1942. She is rounded up with thousands of other Jews in the Velodrome d'Hiver. Sarah is faced with the challenges of surviving and saving herself and possibly her younger brother. Julia Jarmond is an American journalist married to a French man in Paris during 2002. Julia is doing research on the Velodrome d'Hiver roundup and finds a picture of a young girl. Julia is determined to find out who this girl was and what happened to her. However, Julia is connected to this girl already. Sarah's Key takes place in France. The characters are located in and around Paris. In Sarah's point of view, the setting takes place during the summer of 1942. In julia's point of view, the story takes place during 2002 in Paris, France. Sarah's Key is a historical fiction novel. The facts about the Velodrome d'Hiver roundup are correct, however the characters are fiction. The novel was written as a tribute to the children of the roundup. The author uses historical facts to create a heartwarming and heartbreaking story of two women. Sarah Starxynski is a young Jewish girl living in Paris. She lives a very normal life up unti the mooring when French policemen came to take her family and her away. Sarah's younger brother, Charlie, doesn't want to go, so Sarah hides him in a secret cupboard and locks him in. When Sarah locks him in and puts the key in her pocket, she thinks that she will return soon to let him out. Little does Sarah know, Sarah and her parents are taken to the Velodrome d'Hiver, a cycling arena in Paris, with thousands of other Jews. They are all locked in there with little food and water, no place to sleep, and no bathrooms. They are stuck in there for many days. Sarah and the other children are finally separated from their parents. The children, including Sarah, are then sent to a camp. Sarah is