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|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=History
|summary=A book which is truly a labour of love, as author Melanie Martin reconstructs what happened to her family in occupied Amsterdam in WWII. Martin combines the rigorous approach of a historian with the sensitivity of a family member and the combination makes for a compelling read. Highly recommended. Melanie Martin popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Melanie Martin|chat to us]].
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
Martin deals with what has happened with sensitivity and meticulous research and her family obviously looked to the future. We have reviewed [[The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle]] but felt that the author was looking more to retribution than to rebuilding. Thomas Buergenthal has a more positive attitude in [[A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal|A Lucky Child]]. [[Maus by Art Spiegelman]] manages to look at the holocaust in graphic format without trivialising the subject. For tweens we can recommend [[Then by Morris Gleitzman]].
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