An interesting recounting of six different Holocaust survivors' stories, retold in graphic novel format for late elementary/middle school aged children. The stories were very brief and didn't contain many details of the survivors' day-to-day lives, which kept the stories moving but harder to connect with. The graphic novel format added to the stories and filled in some of those gaps. I did find myself wishing the people were drawn in a more realistic and less stylized way. I think this book will be a good way to introduce students to the variety of survivors' stories of the Holocaust in a brief but age-appropriate and effective way, but those looking for more detailed accounts will have better luck elsewhere.

Presenting six tragic stories of the Holocaust through the memories of six people, then children, who experienced first hand has (to my knowledge) rarely, if ever, been done in the form of a graphic novel and I think it really works. Whilst the illustrations are particularly basic and could benefit from being less so in order to capture younger readers, the stories and the illustrated version of the children are really compelling.

The book is divided into six sections, one for each child, and showcase the events starting with the Nuremberg Law in 1935 legalising anti-Jewish measures, Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass, various concentration camps including Dachau and Auschwitz-Birkenau, air raids in the Blitz and Mengele's cruelty. I was really impressed with the scale of this and what this novel achieves in fairly few words. Many of these terms may be unknown to younger readers, for whom I think this text is best intended, and for this reason the author has helpfully included a simplified glossary of terms to help familiarise or explain such terms. Equally there is a nice addition at the end of the book detailed what happened next to each of the children.

The scale of the destruction is uncomfortable but important to share: 6 million people died during this time, but over one and a half MILLION of those people were children. The six voices speaking into the dark here, the six children featured in this story, are now adults who not only want their voices heard, their stories told but want texts like these to be popular choices on the shelves of schools to help educate a younger generation to learn from the mistakes of some of their predecessors. It's easy to think that something like this, of such a magnitude, would never happen again; books like this hopefully contribute to making that a reality. I love that the author has thought to put this into graphic novel form - it works, it's original and I think it will certainly resonate with young readers without causing too much distress or being too dense in the way that a heavier novel might do.

ARC provided free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

An exceedingly important book that portrays the stories of six Holocaust survivors in the comic format. In order to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, we must tell their stories. Grateful to see this as a graphic novel so more children will read and learn about the Holocaust.

This graphic novel about the Holocaust is superb. This would be a great introduction to children just learning about the Holocaust. The book follows the heart-breaking and inspirational journey of six children. The pictures and text are sure to appeal to the readers. The bonus material at the end of the book is worth reading as well. Very well-written and highly recommended.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a copy to read and review.

This nonfiction graphic novel is best suited for older children of middle school age. The illustrations provide the backdrop to the emotional stories shared by WWII survivors. The stories are told without graphic detail but enough information to piece together the experience of the survivor. Resources include a glossary, timeline, websites for further research, and information on what happened to the survivors after WWII ended.

This amazing book takes complex stories of children surviving the holocaust, and tells them in simple, easy to read and understand form. Even if you didn't know what happened with the nazis and the jews, this book would explain enough about it that you could understand.

These children all survived, of course, to tell their stories, but each one survived in a different way. One child, who hid in the countryside of France didn't even know the war was over for two years, as she basically lived as a indentured servant.

The pictures are stunning, and simple at the same time.

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Highly recommend this to libraries and schools. It is a good starting point to learn about what happened in World War II.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This graphic novel would be an amazing introduction to the Jewish experience for older elementary or middle school aged children. I think this would work well in a classroom, and could be used to spark interest and lead to research projects using the wonderful resources listed in the back of the book. This presentation of 6 young people effected by the holocaust does not get visually graphic, but still tells the atrocities in a way that shows how horrific the holocaust was. The fact that the stories are all true and told by the survivors who lived them can not be overlooked for the impact of a first person account. This would be a good addition to a classroom or school library, a homeschool history or literature curriculum, or a home library!

This is one of the most important books I’ve ever read and I’m so grateful to the author and contributors for taking the time to produce such an insightful, enlightening collection of a accounts.
The comic formate is a really excellent approach and there’s a glossary and timeline for young ones who struggle.