Language: PG (11 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG-13 (many Holocaust related shootings, gassing mentioned)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
Follow Friedel and her fraternal twin Gina from the beginnings of WWII in 1930’s Dusseldorf Germany and through their liberation at the end of the war when they escape during a death march as the Nazis try to kill off the few survivors of the concentration camps.
Dronfield takes on a heavy load as he tries to include every twist and turn of the Rosenthal family’s lives as Hitler joins German politics and the family gets caught up in his Final Solution. He would have been better served to choose a few key highlights to emphasize. Were I a family member, I would be proud of all that was included. As an outsider looking in, however, I would prefer not to hear about every single move - it made the book drag.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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