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Indlæser... White bird : a wonder story (udgave 2019)af R. J. Palacio, Kevin Czap (Inker.)
Work InformationWhite Bird: A Wonder Story af R. J. Palacio
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The story takes place in occupied France during WWII. Narrated told as a story of a grandmother to her grandson currently about her life during Nazi occupation of France. There is heartbreaking sadness, despair, lights of hope, and redemption. The story is well written. The artwork is simple and helps the story, but could have been much better. While this story begins to reveal the horror of the Holocaust, it does so in an introductory fashion that is appropriate for young readers. It also points towards more resources for those that want to learn more about the Holocaust, the resistance in France, and more. Trigger Warnings: Holocaust In White Bird, readers are told Julian’s (who you meet in Wonder) Grandmère’s story as a young Jewish girl hidden away in the barn of a classmate’s in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while now and I needed something I knew I would enjoy before my next read. So, I grabbed this from my library. There is a bit of a tie in to events in recent days. Which brings up the quote shared at the very beginning of the book, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana. I don’t think the author is pointing at comparing what’s happening at the US/Mexico border to the Holocaust as a whole, but more of what the beginning of it looked like. The main character, Sara even mentions the fact that even though she was limited to certain places, or stopped from going into others, that it didn’t really bother her at the beginning. Overall, there is no reason to be unjust to any specific group of people. I enjoyed the story and how it was told, especially for the middle grade age group it’s targeted for. Sara’s story is a page turner with many moments of tension. The author does an amazing job at still showing the horrors of war while still making it suitable for middle grade readers. There are also resources in the back few pages to expand the story as well as lists of organizations, biographies, and photos. I don't know that this book brings anything new to the table on WWII. It's heartfelt and well done, and perhaps good four young people to connect with WWII. However, I thought MAUS I & II, graphic novels by Art Spiegelman, connected more deeply the story of holocaust survivors and their "after-the-war" families. The connection between Grandmere and her grandson Julien seems a bit tacked on to the rest of the story. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend. No library descriptions found. |
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