Soon by Morris Gleitzman
Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Historical
Fiction
Source: Purchased
Soon
is the fifth book in this series. The war has ended. Hatred and prejudice seem
to have no end. There are those who are still Nazi sympathizers. Those who
think the Jews are still filthy beasts. Felix rescues a baby when the mother
thrusts it at him before she is killed.
He decides he a Gabriek will raise it. They give it a Ukranian name to
hopefully protect it. Gabriek has been so traumatized that he drinks himself to
sleep each night. This leaves Felix to go out and find food and work. He meets
several young people that will change his life in many ways. This is one of the
darker books in the series. I felt this because you would think things would
start to change and have a brighter outcome after the defeat of the Nazis.
However, as an American who was born well after this war, I never had to face a
time when a country had to rebuild itself. It is hard enough to rebuild after a
war. Bring into it the same old prejudices by just a handful of people and the
outcome is the same for a while. Change
takes time. Unfortunately for some, time runs out.
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