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Liverpool Street (2008)

by Anne C. Voorhoeve(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

3473582964 (ISBN13: 9783473582969)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ravensburger Buchverlag

review 1: This book is beautiful and devastating, tragic yet entrancing. There are very few Historical Fiction books that are written this meticulously and this eloquently. I was fully submerged in this time period while reading, even after just a few sentences. I loved how much I learned about Jewish culture and a quite different side of World War II. The amount of hardship Frances had to go through and how mature she was at such a young age was jarring. She sounded so much older than she actually was, and it took a temper tantrum over something quite mundane for you remember how young she actually was. I love this book more than words can say. It is so wonderful and truly paints a scarily realistic picture of this awful time in history.
review 2: As far as characteriza... moretion and historical research go, this book was five-star. For readers who want something beyond Anne Frank and less depressing than Night, this well-done historical fiction is a fabulous way to learn about WWII.My problem with the book is that it masquerades as YA, but it has no kid appeal. It's a long book, for starters, and it covers too long a time period for the average young reader (not for the adult reader of YA, for whom it is fine). Also, the narrator uses the voice of an older person remembering, which is fabulous for adults, but which has no immediacy or realism for readers under about 16 (unless they are quite mature).As an adult reader of YA fiction and as a teacher, I found this great reading. But I know it will languish and grow dusty in our school library, as kids will not check it out. less

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