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13.06.2024

Kid Lit Review of “Hidden Hope:  How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust” by Elisa Boxer | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

The book begins by setting the mood of fear and desperation experienced by Jews in Europe during World War II: “Hearts pounding, breath quickening, feet scrambling, Down into damp basements, up into old attics, crammed into dark closets. During the Second World War, the first priority for Jewish people was staying out of sight. Because…

Rhapsody in Books Weblog

24.06.2024

Review of “My Murder: A Novel” by Katie Williams | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

For those who like books with clever twists and turns, this rather unique murder mystery will prove most entertaining. Taking place in the near future, it follows five women who were victims of a serial killer and whose cells were then cloned by a government “Replication Commission” from their dead bodies so they could live…

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11.07.2024

Kid Lit Review of “Chef Edna” by Melvina Noel | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

The author begins by informing readers that Edna Lewis (born in 1916) grew up on a farm in Freetown, in Orange County, Virginia - a community founded by her grandfather and other freed slaves. She loved cooking with her mother, Mama Daisy, and sharing homemade meals in large gatherings. She quickly learned how to bake…

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25.07.2024

Kid Lit Review of “Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport” by Caren B. Stelson | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

This book is narrated in the voice of the Jewish children of Czechoslovakia in 1938 who were rescued from the Nazi invasion intent on destroying them. Their parents sent them on trains called “Kindertransport” out of occupied areas and into England. Most of them would never see their parents again. “When we were seven or…

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