The Keeper of Hidden Books

by Madeline Martin

“Books are the perfect conduit to convey a message to the world. It could be an idea that

This book was written so well. The chapters were long. But I feel like I got a pretty good idea about all characters in the book.

blossoms into a way of life. It could be a new theory for mankind to explore. It could be a journey of life that few have trod. When you have something to tell, it will simply burst from you and you won’t be able to stop it.”

“When one has

experienced the rawest sentience and passion, when you have died a thousand deaths and have learned to tame that agony into prose, that is how great emotion is written.”

English and French books to be removed from the floor.

Even the books had gotten segregated.

“This is a story about making the choices you know are right, even when the rest of the world feels confusing and disorienting. It’s knowing who you are and choosing kindness and love;

smile. Though Zofia did not accompany the Steinmans, she did join the Poles who watched the procession of Jewish families on that final moving day. Some bystanders hurled insults, others talked among themselves, regurgitating

they were discussing ideals that Hitler was determined to pull out by the roots, to stamp out of existence until minds were left without free thought.

yes, but it was also a chance to die with a gun in their hands, battling their enemy,

Good books were like amazing sunsets or awe-inspiring landscapes, better enjoyed with someone else. There was no greater experience in the world than sharing the love of a book, discussing its finer points, and reliving the story all over again.

There was power in literature. Brilliant and undeniable.

Books inspired free thought and empathy, an overall understanding and acceptance of everyone. In the pages of books that were burned and banned and ripped apart for pulping, Zofia had

found herself. These were the parts of her that were human and strong and loving, parts that unders...

The world also needs to remember to never take for granted what has been gifted to us through the sacrifice of others: the right to an education and

learning, the power and luxury of freedom, and the beauty to appreciate the routine of simple, everyday life.

I have died a thousand deaths, but that did not define me...

a thousand lives and it is for that reason that I now can write our story for future gene...