Plot Summary
This is a story about Marianne, a little Jewish girl growing up in Germany during the Holocaust. She has to wear a yellow star on her sleeve because she is Jewish. Throughout the story, Marianne experiences many injustices. She is not allowed to attend her school, her father is taken to a concentration camp, her mother works in a orphanage for Jewish children where she tries her hardest to support the family without her husbands income, but then they are evicted from their apartment. Through all of this devastation, there is more to come; Marianne is faced with the decision to leave her family and flee as a refugee with the British Government.
Review
I can imagine that this book, reading it as a young girl, I would have been able to identify with the terror that Marianne had to face. The narrative is haunting, and continously reflects the emontions that Marianne faces. Like the graphic novels, Mauz, this story tells a realistic tale of the horrors faced during the Hollaucaust. The images are simple, they are black and white graphite drawings, that match the mood of the story. I think that this graphic book would be a good introduction to the autrocities of World War II. The book is frank, and does not try to candy-coat the horrible things that happened to innocent people.
Age Range - 8-13
Rating
****
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