Genre: Historical
Fiction
Source: I purchased
This is a book I am excited to put on my school shelves. Hanneke is a young girl in Amsterdam in the
middle of Nazi occupation. She smuggles goods to help out. One request will set
her on a dangerous journey. Hanneke has been asked to locate a young Jewish
girl named Mirjam. For this assignment she will need to get help from a
resistance group. The book is true to WWII and the horrors of the Nazis. One
reason I find this such an important book for my school shelves is that we have
a holocaust unit. I try to provide great books that accurately tell of the
holocaust events. So many people sided with the Nazis, not because they hated
the Jews but because they wanted to improve their own position in life. Some
were just bystanders who didn’t agree but didn’t want to get involved. This
book shows so many sides to this war. As a word of caution it is full of the
violence that so many experienced. This type of history should never be watered
down. I applaud this author for telling a story that is authentic and exactly
what kids and adults should learn. We need more books like this that show the importance
of resistance groups and people like Hanneke.
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