false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188523928m/1800763.jpg 1800763 5 <p> One night The Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, is possessed by a dybbuk. </p> <p> A what? </p> <p> A Jewish spirit. A scrappy demon who glows as if spray-painted by moonlight. </p> <p> The dybbuk is revealed to be the ghost of a twelve-year-old boy named Avrom Amos, a victim of the Nazis during World War II. In a plucky scheme to seek revenge, he commandeers The Great Freddie's stage act and entraps the entertainer in the postwar ashes of Germany. Behind the footlights, the dybbuk lights up the terrible fate of a million and a half Jewish children, including Avrom himself. </p> <p> What tricks does the dybbuk have up his ghostly sleeve? Prepare to be astonished. . . . </p> 1799916 1 9 2007 The Entertainer and the Dybbuk total:115|5:27|4:37|3:34|2:14|1:3| 115 416 182 47 0 0 false false Thu Mar 26 05:54:59 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 15:12:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:27:52 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 11:10:05 -0700 2009
This is a story about a very untalented ventriloquist who is living over in Europe after WWII. He becomes possessed by a dybbuk who was killed by Nazi soldiers along with his sister. The dybbuk begins to speak through ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:41:51 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:41:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 07:57:11 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:04:07 -0700 2009
1. A WWII soldier is doing his gig as a ventriloquist in the year of 1948. (BTW he carried his dummy around Europe in battle. WHAT?)

2. He is approached by a dybbuk, the spirit of a dead 12 year old jewish boy. The boy asks if he can posses...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:57:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 09:09:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 10:54:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:07:25 -0800 2009
In this story, Avrom Amos was killed by the Nazis before his bar mitzvah. He becomes a Jewish ghost and decides to possess the body of a young v...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:15:32 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:25:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 12:17:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 14:31:59 -0700 2009
This fictitious account relating to the holocaust is a quick easy, lighter read. It also ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 07:24:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 07:48:15 -0700 2009
No matter how many times the horrors of the Holocaust are recounted, one can't help but feel disgust and disbelief at the fact that it happened at all. In this quick and easy-to-read story dedicated to the 1.5 million kids and babies killed at the hands o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 15:44:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 15:54:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 13:01:16 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 09:27:13 -0700 2008
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk is a unique piece of holocaust literature in that the narrative recalls a point of view often lost or ignored in history of this era,...more...]]> 2 0 false true Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 14:50:07 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 08:10:27 -0700 2008
But does this need translate to quality work? Not always.

I w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 19 19:42:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 09:57:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 29 15:43:24 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 15:45:06 -0800 2007 The story takes place in 1948, and the central character is an ex-GI who stayed in Europe, hoping to become an entertainer there. He had been a performing ventriloquist before the war, but his original dummy h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:41:10 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 17:18:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 14:00:28 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 14:29:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 04:37:43 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 04:37:43 -0800 2008
It reads like a children's book, but no. Too many "assumed-understood" Holocaust references for today's kids.

I expected total creepiness, but no. Only minor creepiness. Most of the book is just about how Freddie the Great gets used to b...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:21:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:57:27 -0700 2009 I can't see a student identifying with the characters enough to care or to finish the book. It's not even Fleischman's best work. The idea of a ghost taking over a puppeteer/puppet to exact revenge is an interesting plot twist, but overall, this feels more lik...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:04:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:30:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:24:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:27:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1800763