The Night War Book Review

The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Publish Date: 9 April 2024

Publisher: Penguin Group Penguin Young Readers Group/ Dial Books

Children’s Fiction

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Book Review:

I loved this book and gave it 5 stars. This is about the Second World War from the perspective of a child. It is awful of happened during this war towards the Jewish people.

Mira is a 12-year-old girl who is Jewish. She has moved from Germany to France to avoid the Nazi’s with her family. This works for a while but soon they are there in France. One day the French police with the help of the Germans round up all the Jews including the elderly and the young children. They are bussed to a stadium to stay for who knows how long. Mira can’t find her parents, but she is able to find their next-door neighbor is with her during this time. Just before they get off the bus the neighbor tells Mira to take her daughter and slip away. Mira is scared but the neighbor is positive that Mira can do this and is strong enough to go to Switzerland where the neighbor has a cousin who will help them. Mira is able to accomplish with the help of a nun when she is questioned why she is close to the bus. This nun also helps hide her and sends her on to another convent which is out in the country. Mira has changed her name and has learned to do things that she never thought she could. She has made friends and has learned who to trust and who not to trust. You will have to read the book to find out if she makes it Switzerland.