A review by lyndsaybh
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

2.0

I kept comparing it (unfavourably) with the Book Thief, also a story about an orphan in the war. I couldn't really make myself care very strongly for the characters. It also seemed very unsure of who exactly was the intended audience - children, YA or adults. The referencing of the various combatants as animals (i.e. Germans = wolves) has been done before, and to much better effect, in Maus.