Jo from Peachybooks has posted a review of Saplings by Noel Streatfeild. Here’s a snippet:
As with many WWII novels the story centres on the realities of evacuation, but where this differs is that the Wiltshires are a middle class family, not a poor working class family. This is made clear from the start as the [...]
Review: SAPLINGS by Noel Streatfeild
Review: AFTER LONG SILENCE by Helen Fremont
MissDaisyAnne from MissDaisyAnne’s Garden has been reading up a storm! She just posted a review of After Long Silence by Helen Fremont. Here’s a snippet:
This is the story of 2 sisters Lara and Helen, they are on a quest to find the missing pieces of their parents’ past, a past their parents have not talked [...]
Review: ZOO STATION by David Downing
Literary Feline from Musings of a Bookish Kitty has posted a review of Zoo Station by David Downing. Here’s a snippet:
Set in 1939 Germany, Zoo Station is a novel of intrigue and suspense. Germany is in a powerful position, threat of war is in the air and the rest of the world is waiting anxiously [...]
Review: THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN COLOR by Stewart and Adrian Wood
Carol from Magistra Mater has posted a review of The Second World War in Color by Stewart and Adrian Wood. Here’s a snippet:
Sniffing around our public library, I found The Second World War in Color a companion book to a documentary by the same name. Initially, I thought I’d just flip through the book [...]
Review: THE HOLOCAUST CHRONICLE by John Roth Ph.D.
Sandy from You’ve GOTTA read this! has posted a review of The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures by John Roth Ph.D. While she admits to not reading the 750+ page tome from cover-to-cover, she’s read enough to tell us all about it. Here’s a snippet:
The Holocaust Chronicle is a not-for-profit effort…a massive [...]
Review: LILY’S CROSSING by Patricia Reilly Giff
Natasha from Maw Books Blog has posted a review of Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff. Here’s a snippet:
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff, a 1998 Newbery Honor, is set on the American home front during World War II and gives a snapshot of what many dealt with why their family members were on the [...]
Review: NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
Heather from Book Addiction has posted a review of Night by Elie Wiesel. Here’s a snippet:
For anyone not familiar with Night, this is Elie Wiesel’s memoir of his experiences in the Nazi death camps. Wiesel and his family were living in Transylvania when the Nazis came to power, and although they were Jews, they never [...]
Review: I HAVE LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Megan from Leafing Through Life has posted a review of I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson. Here’s a snippet:
I Have Lived a Thousand Years is Livia Bitton-Jackson’s (born Elli Friedmann) memoir of growing up during the Holocaust. Her story begins as the Nazis invade Budapest. Shortly thereafter, [...]
Review: DEFIANCE by Nechama Tec
MissDaisyAnne from MissDaisyAnne’s Garden has posted a review of Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec. This book is now a movie featuring Daniel Craig. Here’s a snippet of MissDaisyAnne’s review:
The Bielski brothers; Tuvia, Asael, and Zus, are from a large Jewish family living in what is now known as Belarus, or Belarusia. Belarus is [...]
Review: DOWN THE COALTOWN ROAD by Sheldon Currie
Wanda from A Season to Read has posted a review of Down the Coaltown Road by Sheldon Currie. Here’s a snippet:
Expecting a heavier, more sombre read, I was pleasantly surprised by this novel! The internment of innocent Italian men by the Canadian government is serious subject matter to tackle and yet, the tone of this [...]
