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Illustrated by
Roberto Innocenti.
In this effective introduction to the Holocaust, the author tells the story of a woman she happened to meet in Germany in 1995. "Erika" knew nothing of her origins except that, as an infant, she was thrown from a train en route to a concentration camp. The spare, straightforward narrative effectively complements the handsomely composed, photorealistic black-and-white paintings.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2004