A review by wardo2700
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

4.0

A mostly riveting recall of a young girl's hiding from the Nazi army in occupied Holland. The author did a fine job telling her story and did so by staying with the voice of an eleven year old even though the book was written many years later. The only slightly bothersome portion was her repetition of how people reacted to what she said or did, I understood early on it was a hardship that she didn't like. She also wrote about the inevitable conflicts with her older sister in an even handed way and that added to the quality of the story. I'd recommend this book to any reader 8 years and older as it is such a well done piece on this tragic chapter in our history.