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4.5 stars
This was such a lovely book. I keep saying "no more WW2 books" but again this was such a different view of an event I knew nothing about. The story is supposedly a Young Adult book, but i never felt as if the author was talking down to me. It is told from the perspective of four young people in their teens or early 20s. A Polish girl, Latvian woman, Prussian man and German teen. Each come together to try to get on a refugee ship the Wilhelm Gustav on the Baltic sea. The different views of the sa
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This should be considered more of a skim than a read. Alfred bothered me so I didn't read his chapters. This story in itself is heartbreaking. How is it that a story of this magnitude (the real one) isn't discussed in the way the Titanic is? I suspect it was swallowed in the horrible mortality numbers of WWII. I believe the notes at the end were my favorite part. I truly believe that historical fiction has an essential place in educating young (and old) minds which yearn for entertainment with a
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4.75 stars
Interesting tale about an event from WWII I have never heard of.
Feb 18, 2016
Heather
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