Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 174 pages
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: Iguana Books
Release date: September, 2021
Content Rating: G. It’s middle grade. No foul language. No sex scenes.
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Nancy McDonald is a new-to-me author. I found Girl on the Run to be well researched, which is documented by her author’s note at the close of the book. I have read a number of Holocaust books and found this one to be like many others – a good way to get the human perspective on an historical event.
I found the book to be somewhat sad and depressing. But then life at that time was sad and depressing. At the start of the book life was good for Amelie and Gigi, in spite of having lost their mother years before. As the story progressed life became harder for the girls. Between Hitler and the new girlfriend, life became hard – especially since they were half Jewish (a fact Amelie learned only through eavesdropping). I had a hard time accepting that the father was so taken with his girlfriend that he couldn’t see what she was really like and what her motives were for the girls.
The book did have a couple potential areas of concern for some audiences. There are multiple instances of social drinking, including a time when one of the adult females in the book convinces the father to have some sherry in order to cut short his conversation with his daughters. There is also the inclusion of an actual artist from the time period whose work was deemed “degenerate” for its depictions of lesbian life.
Because of these concerns, I recommend that school librarians read the book and determine for themselves if they want it in their K-12 Christian school library. Even though it is well-written and factual, I probably would not put it in mine because of these concerns. It is written for the middle school grade levels.
I received a complimentary copy of Girl on the Run. This is my honest review.
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Continue Amelie’s Story in THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER:
Book Title: THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER by Nancy McDonald
Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 166 pages
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: Iguana Books
Release date: Jun 19, 2022
Content Rating: G. It’s middle grade. No foul language. No sex scenes.
Tragedy brings Amelie Meyer back to Berlin. It’s been four years since she was forced to flee her home, leaving everything behind — including her father.
Transformed by the Nazis, Berlin is now a drab and dangerous city, and Amelie can’t wait to return to Paris. But before she can leave, she finds herself swept up in an intrigue that makes her question everything she thinks she knows about her father. Is he a traitor or a hero? The only way to find out is to put her own life on the line.
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Nancy McDonald began her career as a journalist on television programs that include W5, Canada AM and Marketplace before going on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. The Doktor’s Daughter, the sequel to Girl on the Run, is her fourth novel. Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario where she revels in Shakespeare, treads the boards with the Perth County Players and works part-time at Fanfare Book, Stratford’s only independent bookseller.
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