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When the Soldiers Were Gone
Henk was hidden on the farm when he was young and the Nazi soldiers came. But the war is over now, and Henk finds out that the people he lives with, the people he loves, are not his real family. He doesn't remember his real parents, and now a new life in the city lies ahead of him. Will things ever be the same?
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
February 19th 2001
by Puffin Books
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Jennifer Swapp
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Finished reading this book to the girls. There was much I had to explain to them, especially why it was hard for me to read from choking up. It was an interesting book from the perspective of a boy in Holland after WW 11, who went home to his real parents, only he thought the family he'd been living with was his real family. It was much easier to read and accept with all four of the adults who were his parents were loving, kind, courageous people.
Many children weren't for fortunate ...more
Many children weren't for fortunate ...more
I can tell you a lot about this book because it was historical fiction. It had real character and real events that could have happened. I really encourage you to read it. It was about world war 2 and if you were a Jew you would have benn killed.
Jessica
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i really liked it but the fact that he kept stating that living with new people "wasn't home" and that he would never get use to it. they just kept repeating it over and over.
Oh my goodness this book was so sad! It ended up ok but it was so good! Even though it was only 98 pages, every page was good! It mad me cry!
Great chapter book to read aloud. It's about an 8 year old boy after World War 2. Both kids liked it.
It's good but i think it was ment for younger people
a child is taken by his papa from his family and given to people he doesn't know. they claim to be his real parents and instead of calling him by his name Henk, they call him Benjamin.
based on a true story, a boy finds out he was smuggled to the countryside to live w/a gentile family while his family went into hiding. Henk doesn't remember his real parents or understand why nazis hated them.
powerful book about coming home from war.
based on a true story, a boy finds out he was smuggled to the countryside to live w/a gentile family while his family went into hiding. Henk doesn't remember his real parents or understand why nazis hated them.
powerful book about coming home from war.
Amanda (Cirque Du Freak Freak)
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I can't remember this book.
I read this book a long time ago and do not really remember it. I don’t know what else to say about it besides that I recommend it to kids 9 and up (Maybe older depends on the kid) and that everyone should read it. I may not remember this book to well but I know I did enjoy reading it.
I read this book a long time ago and do not really remember it. I don’t know what else to say about it besides that I recommend it to kids 9 and up (Maybe older depends on the kid) and that everyone should read it. I may not remember this book to well but I know I did enjoy reading it.
Very good! It's a children's book about the holocaust, and appealed to my 11 yr. old.
This is an easy look at WW2 after effects through a young boy in the Netherlands. He was forced into hiding when he was small and for so long that he had forgotten his real Jewish family when they came to pick him up. It is written simple, for younger readers, but I enjoyed it.
The traumatic experiences of a young boy who is taken from the only life he has ever known in the persuit of finding out who he really his. An appealing book that spells out yet another aspect of war.
Josh really liked this book. A good glimpse into life as a child during WWII.
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