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The Story
This is a graphic novel, translated from the Dutch original. It has proved popular with teenage readers as it moves at a dramatic pace. Daniel’s Gran, Esther, visits the Dutch farm where she was hidden from the Nazis. She hopes to discover what happened to the other people she once knew, those who helped her escape and those who were also in hiding. She knows that her parents were murdered in Auschwitz but nothing else. Her grandson uses the internet to track down an old friend and other histories emerge. Esther talks to her friend Helena and Helena remembers a book of pictures…
If your students find this book helpful a parallel text by the same team A Family Secret, tells stories of the same period through the eyes of Helena, Esther’s friend. Both books introduce students to difficult issues, such as discrimination, death camps, collaboration with the Nazis and the actions and choices made by individual people.
