A review by froydis
Margot by Jillian Cantor
4.0
Thanks to Edelweiss and Riverhead Paperback for early access to this title.
Excellent book - very moving. This is such an interesting concept to me: Everyone knows of Anne Frank and her diary, but nobody knows much about her sister, Margot, who was also in the annex. This is a piece of speculative fiction that, as the author says in her afterword, gives Margot her happy ending. The author does a remarkable job in portraying Margie's psychological and emotional state, her conflicts with both her past and present, and complex emotions about her sister's diary and her surviving father. For teens, this would be an interesting book to read in conjunction with Anne Frank's diary, as it would spark some very interesting conversations about the nature of the war and those who survived what, for us, is almost unimaginable. Highly Recommended!
Excellent book - very moving. This is such an interesting concept to me: Everyone knows of Anne Frank and her diary, but nobody knows much about her sister, Margot, who was also in the annex. This is a piece of speculative fiction that, as the author says in her afterword, gives Margot her happy ending. The author does a remarkable job in portraying Margie's psychological and emotional state, her conflicts with both her past and present, and complex emotions about her sister's diary and her surviving father. For teens, this would be an interesting book to read in conjunction with Anne Frank's diary, as it would spark some very interesting conversations about the nature of the war and those who survived what, for us, is almost unimaginable. Highly Recommended!