To Siberia by Per Petterson is another WWII book that participants have read this year.
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Page 247 said:
Per Petterson’s To Siberia is dark and lyrical. . . . The story is told by a women of 60 looking back at the beginning of [...]
Reviews: TO SIBERIA by Per Petterson
Reviews: DAY by Elie Wiesel
Day by Elie Wiesel is another WWII book that participants have read this year.
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Books ‘N Border Collies said:
Day is much more subtle than the previous two books in this trilogy, Night and Dawn . In fact, it would be very easy [...]
Reviews: NICK OF TIME by Ted Bell
Nick of Time by Ted Bell is another WWII book that participants have read this year.
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Under the Boardwalk said:
Nick McIver is 12 years old and loves the sea. His family lives on an island off the coast of England in a lighthouse. [...]
Reviews: ALL THIS HELL by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
All This Hell by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee is another WWII book that participants have read this year.
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Ticket to Anywhere said:
All This Hell was more of a broad overview of what nurses, soldiers, doctors and civilians went through during their [...]
Reviews: SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ by Primo Levi
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi continues the reviews we’ve received from participants in the WWII challenge.
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Books and Border Collies said:
Primo Levi was at the German death camp of Auschwitz for ten months, and that was the advice given to him from [...]
Reviews: RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI by Joan and Clay Blair Jr.
Return From the River Kwai by Joan and Clay Blair, Jr. is another book that did not receive a lot of attention from participants, but it seems like one that people should consider as the year nears its end.
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Worthwhile Books said:
I [...]
Reviews: BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI by Pierre Boulle
Bridge on the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle has not received as much attention from participants, but we wanted to highlight what Books and Border Collies had to say.
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Books and Border Collies said:
The characters were well-rounded enough [...]
Reviews: NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry was another popular WWII title this year, with quite a few participants reviewing it.
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Age 30+ . . . A Lifetime of Books said:
This young adult book is set during World War II in [...]
Reviews: SARAH’S KEY by Tatiana De Rosnay
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay is another popular book among our WWII reading challenge participants. Here are excerpts from their reviews; click the links to read the full reviews.
Mari from MariReads says:
Such a sad tale and under such terrible circumstances. This book had me crying and wanting to find more books on what happened [...]
Reviews: TALLGRASS by Sandra Dallas
Several of our participants read and reviewed Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas for the WWII reading challenge. Here are excerpts from their reviews; click the links to read their complete reviews.
Hilarie from Never Not Reading says:
Dallas created some memorable characters in the Stroud family, all of whom were individuals I would love to meet in real [...]
