A review by emmycd
After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside, by Tom Palmer
5.0
4.5 stars
In 1945, 300 Jewish children from liberated concentration camps were sent to the Lake District in England. These children had suffered immeasurable trauma and many had lost their entire family. Here, they can learn to trust again, live again, feel safe again.
This was such a beautiful book and is so powerful in so few pages. References to the Holocaust are short, but don't hold back. However, these are shown through memories and so you flit from the present to the past meaning that the horror isn't dwelled on for too long which is good for the age group it is aimed at.
The only thing I would improve on is the ending. It didn't really say how the boys were supported or if they ever did go where they decided.
In 1945, 300 Jewish children from liberated concentration camps were sent to the Lake District in England. These children had suffered immeasurable trauma and many had lost their entire family. Here, they can learn to trust again, live again, feel safe again.
This was such a beautiful book and is so powerful in so few pages. References to the Holocaust are short, but don't hold back. However, these are shown through memories and so you flit from the present to the past meaning that the horror isn't dwelled on for too long which is good for the age group it is aimed at.
The only thing I would improve on is the ending. It didn't really say how the boys were supported or if they ever did go where they decided.