(different cover)

From the cover:
Anna was only nine in 1933, too busy with her friends and school to take much notice of Adolf Hitler's face and the menacing swastikas of political posters plastered all over Berlin. Being Jewish, she thought, was just something you were because your parents and grandparents were Jewish. Suddenly her father was unaccountably, frighteningly missing. Shortly after, she and her brother were hurried out of Germany by their mother with alarming secrecy. Then began their rootless, wandering existence as refugees. But Anna quickly discovered as long as the family stayed together, that was all that really mattered.

Reserved for trade with Meeko14.

I was attracted to this book in a used book shop because of the title and expected it to be about the rise of Hitler before the WW2 as seen from a child's point of view. Of course, a 9 year old doesn't really care so much about the politics, so the book is more an acocunt of a life that changed because of Hitler. It's interesting that it's based on the authors own experience, but I wonder if it would have made a different impression if I'd read it when I was younger.

The book will continue it's travels to its next reader in a few days.

EDIT 30/4-07: Sent to Meeko14 today.

Thanks shimi for this book.
I'm quite interested in reading it, but the books on TBR pile are quite a lot, so this I'll have to put it aside for some time. I'll came to it as soon as possible... : )

Letter K, Authors Alphabet - CHALLENGE
This book was the letter K, on a challenge where the purpose was to read 27 books where the first letter of the author's surname was each of the alphabet. So Judith Kerr ->K

Despite the fact that it wasn't the head on my TBR pile I have started to read and have already finished. At first, when I read the back cover of the book I thought it was like Anne Frank's Diary, but then I realized that the only connection between this two girls was the fact that both were Jewish and lived in Germany while the Nazis gained power there. Anna's life wasn't at all as miserable as Anne Frank's was and, in my opinion, can't even be compared, since Anna could attend to classes, play and didn't have to be hidden. This book is another interesting and much lighter version of what happen to German refugees in 1933.

I'll be looking for "The other way round" - the second book about this family, which tell how Anna's family lived during the war. Thanks Shimi for sharing it. I'll keep it moving ; )

This book was accepted by blackadder75 on the bookobsessed site. I'll mail as soon as possible. : )
2thJuly2007-> I've mailed it today, however it can take up to 4 weeks to get to you. Hope you like it : )

looks great - thanks

Finally got around to reading this book. It's been on our bookshelf for so long. It was pretty well written. I have been reading a few books lately about Hitler, the Jews, etc. This is the first one I read from a child's perspective. I think the author captured well what it must be like to move from country to country as a refugee. Short and quick read. I read it in a couple of hours. I think it is a book for all ages.