Rachel is captured but Sarah is adopted by an elderly couple who raise Sarah as a grandchild. She and her fellow escapee, Rachel, end up staying at a farmhouse in Orléans. After being separated from her parents at Beaune-la-Rolande, Sarah manages to escape. Sarah's little brother, Michel, is locked in a cupboard to await Sarah's return. Sarah's story is told from the time of the arrest. Julia's account, on the other hand, is written in first person to give the reader the full emotional experience of Julia's research and attachment to a little girl who had most likely died sixty years earlier. Although Sarah's portion of the story is told in third person, it is clear that the confusion, desperation and lack of understanding are seen from a child's point of view. Intertwined with Julia's research and near-obsession with Vel' d'Hiv' and the life of Sarah Starzynski is Sarah Starzynski's account of the events that took place in 1942. Most people know little, if anything, about the place or what happened on July 16, 1942. Julia is told that it may be a tricky assignment as it is a touchy subject with the French. Unfortunately, Vel' d'Hiv' was torn down in 1959.
Julia is told by her boss to get eyewitness statements and cover the real story of the site, which is an embarrassment to the French people. Julia has never heard of the Vélodrome d' Hiver, aka Vel' d'Hiv', which was located on rue Nélaton in the fifteenth arrondissement. Julia Jaramond, an American journalist living in Paris, is assigned to cover the sixtieth anniversary of Vel' d'Hiv', a former stadium turned holding facility for Jews being sent to Auschwitz during the Nazi invasion of France. As the book progresses, the stories tie together until they become one. By alternating both points of view, de Rosnay allows the reader to learn factual information and also go on an emotional journey. The two stories alternate throughout the book. All of the main story and action takes place in Paris.
The story surrounds two time periods: 19. The girl and her family were sent to an internment camp where people were held before being sent to Auschwitz where they were executed.
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is a work of fiction about a young girl, Sarah Starzynski, who was collected in France during the roundup of Jews in July 16, 1942, when the French police arrested thousands of Jews throughout Paris.
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