Claire B. (clairebelle) reviewed on 2/15/2014 + 63 more book reviews

This is the best book I have read in a long time. It is the story of a young foster girl who comes to live with a family in Berlin in 1940s. It is about her adjustment to living with this family, the tragic things that come into her life, her love for reading, and the bond she forms with the foster family and others in the community. There is a lot of tragic happenings in the book. It brings to life how the ordinary German cannot do much, if anything, to help those in trouble, but many try facing difficulties themselves. Death tells the story so at first it seems a little odd, but then you see the story and Death's amazement at the strength of humans. The movie comes out on Netflick in April.

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