Comments on: Zlata’s Diary, A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic

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By: jennygirl

jennygirl — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:41:34 +0000

I never heard of this book but thank you for bringing it to my attention. This is an event in history not many people speak about.

By: caribookscoops

caribookscoops — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:18:03 +0000

I remember reading this book in high school and rereading it in college. I really, really liked it. Zlata also wrote the foreward to a book called The Freedom Writers: How a teacher and 150 students Used Writing to Change Themselves and The World Around Them by The Freedom Writers & Erin Gruwell. It too is an amazing read – a teacher working in a high risk high school, used it is one of the books for her class. Either Zlata came to the US or the students went and met her in Croatia I can’t remember.

By: April

April — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:38:29 +0000

I actually bought this book recently at a library booksale. I’m glad to see it’s worth reading!

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:15:43 +0000

Man, this conversation is making me feel like the baby of the group. We read this in school when it came out and it is, I kid you not, why my concentration in college was the Balkans. Ok, there were other reasons, too, but I remember this as a definite turning point. It’s incredibly sad but it’s also war. I’m glad that it’s coming back around. Really, everyone should read it.

By: Alipet813

Alipet813 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:26:01 +0000

Oh wow! I hadn’t heard of this book before. I think I will be logging on to Amazon shortly to make a purchase. This looks like one that will stick with you for a long time.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:24:36 +0000

This sounds brutal and amazing and touching and so real. I’m so glad to hear she survived … but it just rips my heart apart to think of this going on during my lifetime. I always think of stuff like this happening in the past.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:28:52 +0000

I read this book when I was a teenager. Thank you so much for reminding me of it! A fantastic, haunting read. Next time I’m at my parents house I’m going to have to fish that out of the piles and piles of books in the basement…

By: Rasco from RIF

Rasco from RIF — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:40:12 +0000

Having just returned from Croatia last evening, I can tell you this book haunted me while I was there….just listening and observing and discussing with people this period in the life of that area was quite disturbing. Thank you for reaching back and bringing this book to people’s attention again!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:16:30 +0000

I remember reading this when I was younger. My mother bought it from a book fair at school – she would do this every month in attempt to try to get my read more (I hated reading when I was little). But I remember having a difficult time putting this book down because, well, it moved me! I wanted to get to the end to find out that, god willing, Zlata would be okay despite the fact that her worry free childhood days had been stolen by the atrocities of war. The book is captivating and definitely worth reading. Thanks for the review and reminding me of this little gem of a book.