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    Odette's Secrets

    By Maryann Macdonald

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    For Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris, every day brings new dangers. So when Odette's father is thrown into a work camp and the Nazis suspect her mother of helping the Resistance, Odette is sent to the French countryside until it is safe to return. On the surface, Odette leads the life of a regular girl, going to school, doing chores, even attending Catholic masses with other children. But inside, she is burning with secrets for the life she left behind, and the identity she must hide at all costs. Yet when the war ends, the cost of keeping secrets takes an unexpected toll: can Odette return to Paris as a Jew, or has she changed too much? Inspired by the life of the real Odette Meyer, this moving free-verse novel is a story of triumph over adversity.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateFeb 26, 2013
    ISBN9781599909257
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    Maryann Macdonald

    Maryann Macdonald is the Kirkus-starred author of twenty-five books for children, among them the new Iggy Iguanodon series. She has also been published by Dial Books and HMH Books for Young Readers, among others. Maryann’s love of books and reading began when she was growing up in a family of ten outside Detroit. Maryann lives in New York.

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    • 5/5
      An entrancing first person story of a hidden Jewish girl in France during World War II
    • 4/5
      Nice book about France and the way the Jews were treated there during World War II.
    • 3/5
      quick read told in the form of poems and letters
    • 4/5
      Poignant, thoughtfully written novel in verse about a Polish-Jewish girl living in France who is sent to a village to live as a Roman Catholic during the German occupation. Based upon the real-life experiences of Odette Meyers.
    • 4/5
      A beautiful book, written in poetry-like prose; this tale of a young Jewish girl living in France during the Nazi occupation will be sure to thrill readers. Loosely based off a true story, this fictionalized young adult novel is essential for those interested in historical fiction, World War II, and the Holocaust. Told through the eyes of a child, it is heartrendingly innocent and tells of fear and hope and what it means to be a Jew. Once Paris is overrun with Nazis and Jews start getting deported, Odette's mother sends her to a small village in rural France to pretend she is a Christian cousin of some friends. Although Odette was scared at first she finds she likes the peasant life and even better, she actually likes Church. Things change though when her mother rejoins her and some people suspect them of being Jewish. A great introduction to the Holocaust for young readers.
    • 4/5
      Based on a true story, Maryann MacDonald tells the tale of Odette, a young Jewish girl growing up in Paris, as well as the French countryside, during the WWII Nazi occupation.

      This touching story told in free verse from Odette's point of view highlights her struggles with being Jewish at a time when the lives of Jewish people were in great peril.