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Short but powerful YA read about a young German girl who discovers the noises in the wall aren‘t mice…they‘re people. Forbidden people. Especially since she is in the Jungmädelbund. When the Gestapo come looking, what will she do?

Sorry , I‘m only seeing my prompt to vote now. I‘ve tagged the book on the left as in the picture it‘s a bit blurry. ❤️ #PersephoneClub.

✨ Few Eggs and No Oranges
✨ Crooked Cross

#Sled 🛷❄️💛

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Every time I see a can of peaches, I think back to the scene described in the later part of the book. It was so powerful—and Netflix did not include it in the screen adaptation. Yes, I‘m going to stay mad about it 🤣
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4⭐️ Its in between a pick and so-so.

4.5⭐️

I loved the character of Jessica Vye, a young girl of 12/14 growing up in 1940 in a North Eastern town. With a brilliantly drawn of characters around her, she floats through her life at school , home, and a community facing bombing from the sky with humour and emotion. At our irl group Christmas book swap this was a hit all round. It's definitely a book I wouldn't have found otherwise, so a perfect book group read.

When the author found hundreds of tracings of feet in her grandparents‘ attic she had to ask: why? The story of how Europeans, who were starving and homeless, sent patterns to America asking for shoes is moving and powerful. Her grandparents organized a relief effort touching thousands of people with their kindness. Original patterns and old photos add to the story. Two of the people they became close with went on to win the Nobel Prize.

It's early days for me with this one, but I'm riveted!

“That's just human illusion. We imagine there's an order to things, because it's too awful to consider the randomness of fate.”

#Gold

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