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Hitler's Daughter
Her name was Heidi, and she was Hitler's daughter.
It began on a rainy morning in Australia, as part of a game played by Mark and his friends. It was a storytelling game, and the four friends took turns weaving tales about fairies and mermaids and horses. But Anna's story was different this time: it was not a fairy tale or an adventure story. The story was about a young gi...more
It began on a rainy morning in Australia, as part of a game played by Mark and his friends. It was a storytelling game, and the four friends took turns weaving tales about fairies and mermaids and horses. But Anna's story was different this time: it was not a fairy tale or an adventure story. The story was about a young gi...more
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
June 17th 2003
by HarperCollins
(first published October 13th 1999)
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Jan 23, 2011
C.
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Not a single person
Recommended to C. by:
Mrs Burt and the ABC
When I was about nine or ten, Jackie French was one of those authors, along with Ursula Dubosarsky and Gillian Rubenstein, who consistently won Children's Book of the Year awards from the Australian Book Council or whoever they were. Every single year, these authors would churn out another book, and school libraries would buy them, and librarians would read them and think they were so good and then they would stick those gold medallion stickers on them and tell us to read them during our library...more
This was a good book to read along with my fifth grader. He read it first, and I suspected he needed to someone else to read it and process with him.
It was thought provoking, and a good beginning to understanding the holocaust. It wasn't too scary (or t0o in depth), yet provided a starting point for many conversations about human rights, genocide, and ethical decision making. Further more, it delves into how one becomes a bystander to heinous wrong doings, or how one can feel helpless to stop w...more
It was thought provoking, and a good beginning to understanding the holocaust. It wasn't too scary (or t0o in depth), yet provided a starting point for many conversations about human rights, genocide, and ethical decision making. Further more, it delves into how one becomes a bystander to heinous wrong doings, or how one can feel helpless to stop w...more
Jul 11, 2012
Clare Cannon
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
9-12 years+
Shelves:
08-12yrs
A simple story that introduces young readers to serious historical questions, not to look upon them from the outside, but in a way that makes the reader face their challenge anew. A group of children tell stories while they wait for the bus, and Anna invents one (so she tells them) about Hitler's daughter, Heidi, and her early life. For a subject that could have been complex, this story offers the barest outline of characters and events, for that is not its purpose.
Instead, the framework serves...more
This is an impressive book and one I can't recommend highly enough.
Anna tells stories her friends love to hear. Then, one day, she starts to tell a deeper, richer story that's both more compelling and more disturbing than the stories she's told before, about a girl, maybe an imaginary girl, and maybe not, who is Hitler's daughter. In response, Mark, the viewpoint character, begins to ask questions about inheritance, what it means to care for others, how to cope with loving someone who does wrong...more
Anna tells stories her friends love to hear. Then, one day, she starts to tell a deeper, richer story that's both more compelling and more disturbing than the stories she's told before, about a girl, maybe an imaginary girl, and maybe not, who is Hitler's daughter. In response, Mark, the viewpoint character, begins to ask questions about inheritance, what it means to care for others, how to cope with loving someone who does wrong...more
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Wow! The perils of working in a library is you come across books everyday. I have sort of been on a strange WWII kick and the title of the book intrigued me and I wanted to investigate.
Hitler's Daughter? Could that be true?
I read this book in a few hours and couldn't put it down. This book is written for teen but as an adult I enjoyed it.
We have to assume this book is fiction because there is no historical data that would support this claim of Hitler having a daughter. I guess it is irrelevant...more
Hitler's Daughter? Could that be true?
I read this book in a few hours and couldn't put it down. This book is written for teen but as an adult I enjoyed it.
We have to assume this book is fiction because there is no historical data that would support this claim of Hitler having a daughter. I guess it is irrelevant...more
I'm continuing my 'representations of the Holocaust' in children's literature... This book is slightly similar to The Boy in Striped Pajamas in the way that it causes us to sympathize with the 'Nazi side' by imagining Hitler having an innocent, isolated daughter.
I like it better than The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because the protagonist Mark (an Australian boy living in the twentieth century) knows more about the Holocaust and really grapples with the issues of guilt, responsibility, and ethic...more
I like it better than The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because the protagonist Mark (an Australian boy living in the twentieth century) knows more about the Holocaust and really grapples with the issues of guilt, responsibility, and ethic...more
This was a really good book. I'd heard about it a few months ago and was interested in reading it but completely forgot about it until I saw it at the bookstore yesterday. As the bookshop I usually go to was liquidated, I've had an unsatisfied urge to go bookshopping for a few weeks. I ended up ordering chosen texts for school and buying this book. I really planned to wait until after reading Stolen as it's due...well...minus a few days ago, and I need to borrow a book for next term. It was too...more
Hitler's Daughter, a historical fiction book, takes place in modern day Australia, but tells a story about WWII in Germany. Anna, a girl at the bus stop, recreates this time period to tell about Hitler's imaginary daughter, which creates conflict in Mark, the protagonist. Marks point of view changes as themes such as decision making and what is right emerge in this narrative text style book. While the plot is credible and the settingis contemporary, the characters seem somewhat underdeveloped....more
This book was ok. It was an easy, fast read, which, to be honest, is probably why I chose to read it in the first place. It wasn't until almost the end of the book that the plot started picking up for me, and I was able to make connections. Those connections finally helped make sense of the book, and helped me connect the dots.
I would share this book with a younger audience. Maybe ages 11-14. Any older than 14 would be bored, but I think that kids between 11-14 would be able to relate to the sto...more
I would share this book with a younger audience. Maybe ages 11-14. Any older than 14 would be bored, but I think that kids between 11-14 would be able to relate to the sto...more
Feb 23, 2011
s.leep
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Hitler's Daughter (Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards)) by Jackie French (2003) On rainy days, a group of Australian children pass the time waiting for their school bus by making up stories for each other. But the story Anna tells about Hitler’s daughter is different, and makes Mark question things he has taken for granted.
This is the story of Mark beginning to question the way things are, and the story of Heidi, the possibly fictional daughter of Hitler, and the story of a girl who wanted t...more
This is the story of Mark beginning to question the way things are, and the story of Heidi, the possibly fictional daughter of Hitler, and the story of a girl who wanted t...more
As an adult reading a children's book I felt uncomfortable, but it was on my book clubs reading list. So I read it! It did give me a thought that ' could Hitler have had a daughter?" That was an interesting, but didn't really go there. Where I did go, was into Marks thoughts........ Are children going to be like their parents? If the parent was a murderer did that mean the child was going to be? I also liked that the bus driver only considered statistics as truth! But we all know as adults that...more
Nov 23, 2012
Brittney Musick
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
library,
1-young-adult,
1990s,
1-childrens,
genre-holocaust,
genre-historical-fiction,
read-2012
I stumbled across this book while browsing at the library. I was initially interested because of the title. I had some doubts about how good the book might be because it was so short, but I decided to give it a shot, and I'm glad that I did.
The story begins because of a game a group of kids invented to pass the time while waiting for their school bus to arrive. Mark, Ben and Little Tracy give Anna starting points and she tells them a story. However, one rainy morning Anna decides she to wants to...more
The story begins because of a game a group of kids invented to pass the time while waiting for their school bus to arrive. Mark, Ben and Little Tracy give Anna starting points and she tells them a story. However, one rainy morning Anna decides she to wants to...more
This YA book had an unusual plot structure, which was one reason I liked it so much. Basically, some kids waiting at a bus stop in Australia start talking about what Hitler's daughter would have been like, if Hitler had had a daughter. That's seriously the entire plot. I like that because it's the kind of thing that people talk about in real life, and because the author was able to create a subtle suspense and intrigue out of such an ordinary premise. The book also makes you think about the deci...more
I don't normally read children's books, but found this one very interesting. Switching between modern Australia, where a schoolgirl relates a story to her friends, and Nazi Germany where the story is set, "Hitler's Daughter" examines the hypothetical situation of Hitler having had a daughter whom he keeps hidden through most of her childhood, until she escapes and disappears in the chaos of the end of WWII. Heidi's world is revealed in rich detail, as she tries to make sense of the snippets of i...more
Aug 04, 2010
Natasha Borton
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
books-from-childhood
I know it's a childrens novel but my obsession with Nazi Germany got the better of me, and I'm glad it did. I was captivated and which such a small, easily digestable book I wasn't bored and I got a quick refresher between larger works to just blank my mind. I know quite alot about Nazi Germany which I think helped me picture the scenes better, but the lovely descriptions would benefit anyone even without that prior knowledge. As for a childrens book I'd probably recommend leaving it a bit later...more
Hitler's daughter is a book about a girl named Anna telling the story of Hitler's imaginary daughter. Everyday at the bus stop Anna would narrorate a story to her friends. You learn about the struggles you would have if you were Hitler's Daughter. The plot seems very scatterd. The setting is in a rainy city in Austria. The theme in this book can be touching, worthwhile, and sad. The characters are hard to connect to and they are very annoying. Mark is the main charater and he asks a lot of obvio...more
I thought this book was a really quick read. Hopefully kids will really ponder history and ask themselves questions about what they would do if they lived under Nazi rule.
Read the title of this book and was immediately interested. I love historical fictions about the world wars. Also Hitler having a daughter? Who whould have thought to make a book about something like that? Plus, it's a really short book and an easy read. Holler.
As interested as I thought I would be, the book isn't very fun to read. I was very bored with it. It was very predictable. I may not like surprises but I don't want to be able to predict it so much that I don't have to finish the book to...more
As interested as I thought I would be, the book isn't very fun to read. I was very bored with it. It was very predictable. I may not like surprises but I don't want to be able to predict it so much that I don't have to finish the book to...more
This was one of those books that just surprised me in more ways than one. I bought it at a thrift store because of the title since I'll be teaching history this year. Here are the 2 things that really surprised me:
1. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I read it in 2 different sittings ONLY because I HAD to go to track practice, school, meetings. :) I mean I REALLY enjoyed it-I couldn't wait to find out the rest of Anna's story about Heidi.
2. The plot was so different from what I expec...more
1. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I read it in 2 different sittings ONLY because I HAD to go to track practice, school, meetings. :) I mean I REALLY enjoyed it-I couldn't wait to find out the rest of Anna's story about Heidi.
2. The plot was so different from what I expec...more
Hitler’s Daughter sound weird, when we first hear the title. But the main purpose of the book is something wrong, and unfinished. If ate at mark all the way through school. It was Anna’s story. That’s what was wrong. She wasn’t telling it properly, not like it should be told, because somehow mark knew that the story was there in Anna’s mind. She shouldn’t have let them butt in. it was almost like she didn’t want to tell it at all. It shouldn’t have mattered, of course. It was just one of Anna’s...more
I read this book because I have a major interest in World War 2 and my teacher began reading it to us in primary school it wasn't until this year I picked it up and decided to read it.
It is a very good, yet unusual plot. Leaving you thinking about it long after you have put down the book. Leaving you with the question of "Did he have family or secrets we will never know about?"
I hate to say that horrid name and I deteste the idea of the idolisation somewhat of him by the daughter in the book. T...more
It is a very good, yet unusual plot. Leaving you thinking about it long after you have put down the book. Leaving you with the question of "Did he have family or secrets we will never know about?"
I hate to say that horrid name and I deteste the idea of the idolisation somewhat of him by the daughter in the book. T...more
Hitler's Daughter,is a novel about a group of kids who like telling stories at a bus stop as they wait for the bus. One day, Anna tells a fictional story about a girl named Heidi who is Hitler's daughter. You learn about the trials you would have to face if you were Hitler's daughter. The setting is in Austria where it is very rainy. The theme of this book is betrayal and it is very sad and upsetting. The plot is very simple and not well thought out. Mark is the main character and he has questio...more
May 05, 2013
Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
added it
What if Hitler had a daughter? And what if this daughter was born with imperfections? And what if this daughter was hidden away from the public?
Anna tells the story of Hitler’s daughter each morning at the bus stop to her friends, and the friends are captivated. Mark, especially, is intrigued, and the story provokes Mark into questioning many of the things he has always assumed.
Ignore the trite cover. Ignore the scary title. This is a book that will encourage thoughtful discussion, I think.
Anna tells the story of Hitler’s daughter each morning at the bus stop to her friends, and the friends are captivated. Mark, especially, is intrigued, and the story provokes Mark into questioning many of the things he has always assumed.
Ignore the trite cover. Ignore the scary title. This is a book that will encourage thoughtful discussion, I think.
A group of friends in Australia like to tell stories while waiting for the bus. A girl Anna narrated an inspiring, powerful, mysterious story about Heidi, Adolf Hitler's daughter. This story is about a girl who lived during WWII. One of the boys in the group is haunted by the images and always wants to know more about this little girl named Heidi. This book teaches some of the history and frightening situations of that period. It raises moral issues through a powerful, intriguing story.
Having never read Jackie French before, I wondered what this would be like - and I started with a kids book. This book was amazing, French uses a didactic approach to teach kids about questioning the world and society, whilst also presenting a beautifully written story with a twist. I admire a writer who can write for kids, and with adult eyes, I got a lot out of Hitlers Daughter too. This is well worth the short time you need to read it, and if you want a book for boys to read, this one is good...more
I thought this was a good book and I enjoyed it. it good job of keeping on my toes and keeping me interested in the book.
I would rec mend this book to young adults because it is a good read and it is a interesting story.I think that this is a good that is fun and it holds your attention to want to keep reading the book. it is a clean book and it made it more enjoyable to read.
warnings
violence: none
language: pretty clean
sex: none
I would rec mend this book to young adults because it is a good read and it is a interesting story.I think that this is a good that is fun and it holds your attention to want to keep reading the book. it is a clean book and it made it more enjoyable to read.
warnings
violence: none
language: pretty clean
sex: none
Aug 31, 2011
Mikitara
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Nobody and his Sister
Recommended to Mikitara by:
Rebecca (My Little Sister)
I hated it.
Book for 3rd Graders- not Advanced Placed 3rd Graders. The Remedial Kind.
So basically, Hitler's Great-Granddaughter Anna, tells an immensely boring story about her grandmother's life. It's so boring.
And personally, Mark is an idiot for lying about Anna telling a story. Really, who does that? NO WAIT, his parents are idiots for being so touchy about it and about the fact that his Grandpa stole land from the Aborigines.
I mean, IT HAPPENED OK?! GET OVER IT!
Book for 3rd Graders- not Advanced Placed 3rd Graders. The Remedial Kind.
So basically, Hitler's Great-Granddaughter Anna, tells an immensely boring story about her grandmother's life. It's so boring.
And personally, Mark is an idiot for lying about Anna telling a story. Really, who does that? NO WAIT, his parents are idiots for being so touchy about it and about the fact that his Grandpa stole land from the Aborigines.
I mean, IT HAPPENED OK?! GET OVER IT!
This book asks a pretty interesting question - what if someone you knew and trusted was doing something horrible? What would you do about it? Hitler's Daughter is told like a bedtime story amongst three friends while they're waiting at the bus stop, but the ending makes you think there might be some truth in the story. If you're interested in World War II, then check out Hitler's Daughter in F FRE HISTORICAL.
When Anna starts telling her friends the story of Hitlers daughter at the bus station to the children it becomes more than a story. Heidi (Hitlers Daughter ) does not know what her fatehr does, and when she finds out she wants to help those who are victimised by him, but she never gets the chance. The story is told in Ausstralia but is about Germany during the Holocaust. Heidi learns the meaning of family and loyality, with some German vocabulary Hitlers Daughter would be great for everyone who...more
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Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French, is an award-winning Australian author of children's fiction and books on gardening.
Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane, but moved to the bush in her early twenties. She is a keen gardener and appeared on the TV series Burke's Backyard. She has written well over a hundred books. Jackie lives in New South Wales, near the small town of Braidwood a...more
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Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane, but moved to the bush in her early twenties. She is a keen gardener and appeared on the TV series Burke's Backyard. She has written well over a hundred books. Jackie lives in New South Wales, near the small town of Braidwood a...more
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