This little novel in verse took me about fifteen minutes to read--whew! It was rough! :) But it's a great book for middle schoolers or junior high kids to read as an introduction to the Holocaust. The author (who is completely deaf) gives us the main character Paula, who is deaf and living in Germany. Hitler imposes T4 and orders that all mentally ill and disabled people be killed. Of course, Hitler said it nicer than that. But millions died because Hitler wanted nice little Aryan German boys with blond hair and blue eyes. Paula has to go into hiding because of her deafness, but makes it through the war unscathed. She learns German sign language and befriends a gypsy boy who helps her through the time away from her family. The novel's poetry is nothing special, but the subject matter is. It will sit well on a Holocaust reading list.
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