Reviews

Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

jollymama's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

readerkat_4660's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

misskay05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

1z4bella's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

vickyk's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

1.0

copykat42's review against another edition

The whole thing is chilling, but it resonates extra deeply right now when she says she's from Ukraine and the authorities insist there's no such place.

(another good find by my kid that I'm glad I read too - LOVE that that is a thing now, for books way more substantial than Elephant & Piggie, although we both loved those too, back in the day)

gillianraye's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child death, Antisemitism, Classism, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism

bookworm_vevans's review against another edition

5.0

Easy book to read with a story line in a difficult time for the World. It was good to know that after all that they went through, a happy ending awaited.

booksaremyfavthing's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

Great middle grade book about WWII from their perspective about life in a concentration camp.

amysutton's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars

This took quite a bit of scaffolding and explaining history for my kids to get it since it didn't really explain who the Soviets or how they were on the same side as Nazi Germany and how they had taken over Poland and the Ukraine OR which countries were on the Allied side. The chapters had suspense and mystery, but the ending was kind of a let down.