Hey bookworms, Chrisley here! Recently, I finished reading a great novel called Making Bombs For Hitler by Marsha Skrypuch. I found the book very interesting and so I thought I’d do a book review about it!
The story: In the midst of World War ll, Lida and her sister Larissa are captured by the Germans. They are not Jewish so they're surprised when they get taken away after having thought they would be "safe". Separated from Larissa and her parents, Lida is shoved onto a train with other captured kids just like her. Days pass without food or water and she and her fellow prisoners long to get out of the train’s doors. Once they do get out, their situation is not much better than it was in the train as now they are stuck in a Natzi prison camp, forced to do physically demanding work that could be back breaking. While Lida spends hours working, she hopes her sister isn’t having to go through what she herself is going through. Soon Lida is given a job along with a few fellow captured children she has made friends with through having bonded while doing the gruesome work together. They are to make bombs for the German army. The only problem is, Lida and her friends don’t like Hitler and what he stands for and yet they have to help him make something that will destroy many people, perhaps even their own families. Lida comes up with an idea to ruin the bombs by putting dirt in them to make them duds. As the war ends, she finds herself alone and hungry with no way to find her family. After some time, she receives a letter from her sister telling her to come to Canada where Larissa has been adopted by a kind German family! My thoughts… Making Bombs for Hitler is intruiging, very sad, and heartfelt. If you love historical fiction, this book’s for you! Because of the intensity of the plot, I would say this book is best for kids 10 years old at least and it may help if you have studied some of the history that this book is based around before you read it. If you fit that age range, I would absolutely encourage you to read this heartwarming story! Hope you enjoyed the post! Your comments down below make my day, so please be sure and let our team know you've been visiting the blog! Chrisley Remember: YOU could be featured on our website if you share this blog post on Facebook, google+ or twitter and send the IABA team the link to it!
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Zoe
10/7/2017 04:01:18 pm
Wow sounds like a great book! Nice post Chrisley, I miss you :)! Rachel, I need to read The Hiding Place also.
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Rose E.
10/10/2017 05:57:15 pm
Zoe,
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