Summary Of Sarah's Key

Imagine being a little jewish child and getting ripped from your home and family. In 1942 many jewish families were being forced out of there homes in france by french police. They were kept in a stadium called the Vel d'Hiv, and treated like animals.
The book “Sarah’s Key” takes place in France 1942 and 2002. Sarah, a jewish girl, hears a knock at the door and french police take her, her mom, and dad away. Years later Julia, an American living in paris, finds out that she lives in the same apartment Sarah use to live in. She gets curious and discovers what happens to Sarah in her lifetime. The most important lines in this book are when Sarah hears the police at the door, when she escapes from from the barracks, when she meets Jules and Genevieve, when she finds her dead brother, and when she commits suicide. These are important because
The whole story starts with the knock at the door, then she gets taken away. When Sarah gets taken she gets shoved into a train with many other jews, and gets sent to the barracks. She sees a police officer that she knows and convinces him to to help her and her friend escape. This is important because when she escapes she becomes safe, and out of harm's way. When Sarah escapes she meets an elderly couple that protects her and takes her to the apartment where she use to live to find her brother hiding in the closet. This is important because Sarah creates a new family and a new life with Jules and Genevieve. When Jules and Genevieve help her to get to her apartment Sarah was as nervous as a mouse looking into a cat's eyes. She barged into the apartment and opened