A review by abigailbat
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin

2.0

I read this for my Sibert class and to be honest I ended up skimming most of the second half. It's not necessarily a problem with the book (although I do think that more recent political biographies for teens are written in a more engaging manner - like The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming), but more that I knew the basics already and wasn't interested in reading a lot of detail about the politics and war maneuvers of WWII. The first half, which was of course more centered on Adolf Hitler's life, was more interesting to me. I got bogged down in the second half.

I think this would make an excellent in-depth introductory text about WWII and Adolf Hitler for middle schoolers and high schoolers. But it wasn't my cup of tea, really.