Book Group Discussion for Post-16 Secondary Students - Kommandant's Girl

Kommandant’s Girl – By Pam Jenoff
ISBN 10 0-7783 0144 3 (MIRA)

The Story

Emma Bau has been married to Jacob for six weeks but the Jewish newlyweds are torn apart when Poland is invaded. Jacob is a member of the Resistance and he has to flee from Krakow, leaving his young wife behind. Emma must struggle to survive by taking on a new identity. As Anna Lipowski, a “gentile orphan girl newly arrived from Gdansk” she finds herself in a unique position and is able to gather intelligence for the Jewish Resistance but in order to do this she is forced to make difficult choices which have serious consequences for her friends and family.

The book is not recommended for younger students but works well with AS, A2 and Highers candidates as well as within general discussion groups at post 16.

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