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198 pp.
| Holt |
May, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9027-7$16.99
(2)
4-6
Picking up where Once left off, Felix, ten, and Zelda, six, escape from a train bound for Treblinka. In immediate danger from Nazi soldiers, they find refuge with Genia, a Polish farmwife who passes them off as visiting relatives. Felix's present-tense narrative is heartfelt, and the horrors of the setting are balanced with propulsive storytelling. Historically honest, but brutal, to be sure.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011