Language:
PG (9 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: R (alcohol use by minors, inferred
incest, and attempted rape of a minor); Violence: R (multiple depictions of violent
confrontation)
BUYING
ADVISORY: MS, HS—OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE
APPEAL—HIGH
Germany,
1939. Sarah is 15-years-old, Jewish, and on the run from the Nazis who have
just executed her mother at a checkpoint. While fleeing for her life, Sarah
comes into contact with a mysterious man who will provide her with the means to
leave Germany, but asks for her to stay and help instead. He tasks her with the
mission of infiltrating a private school for elite German girls to make contact
with, and befriend, the daughter of a top Nazi official. In order to avenge her
mother and create some type of future for herself, Sarah must risk everything
to get close to the enemy and do her part to end the evil that has taken over
her country.
World
War II will always be a subject of interest and numerous books have been
written on the subject. In this historical fiction outing, an exciting plot
develops around a young Jewish girl fleeing for her life and the British spy
she joins forces with. The book moves quickly and will engage the reader;
however, there are parts that strain credibility and become a bit fantastical
in order to move the plot on the course the author desires. The addition of a
subplot involving pedophilia and rape of a child are disturbing and leave the
reader questioning the need for this plot device and whether or not the
conclusion could have been achieved in a different, less stomach churning, way.
Overall, readers who enjoy WWII fiction and spy adventure will be pleased, but
will do better with a forewarning to some of the more distasteful elements.
AEB
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