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jpsorrow, aka Joshua Palmatier, is conducting a Spirit of Giving contest, for which he is doing all the giving. He will donate hardcover copies of The Skewed Throne and The Cracked Throne to your favorite local (US) library, including libraries for schools, hospitals, shelters, etc., and enter your name into a drawing to receive either hardcover copies of all three of his books, or a gift certificate good for $40. All you have to do is send him the contact information for the person in charge of handling donations and the address to which he should mail the books. For more details, see his post: The Spirit of Giving Contest.Nov. 1st, 2008
jpsorrow, aka Joshua Palmatier, is conducting a Spirit of Giving contest, for which he is doing all the giving. He will donate hardcover copies of The Skewed Throne and The Cracked Throne to your favorite local (US) library, including libraries for schools, hospitals, shelters, etc., and enter your name into a drawing to receive either hardcover copies of all three of his books, or a gift certificate good for $40. All you have to do is send him the contact information for the person in charge of handling donations and the address to which he should mail the books. For more details, see his post: The Spirit of Giving Contest.
I just finished reading Hitler's Daughter
by Jackie French and wanted to share my GoodReads review with you.
Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French
rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an impressive book and one I can't recommend highly enough.
Anna tells stories her friends love to hear. Then, one day, she starts to tell a deeper, richer story that's both more compelling and more disturbing than the stories she's told before, about a girl, maybe an imaginary girl, and maybe not, who is Hitler's daughter. In response, Mark, the viewpoint character, begins to ask questions about inheritance, what it means to care for others, how to cope with loving someone who does wrong, and how to understand what's really right when everyone around you agrees that bad actions are right, as he tries to understand what he hears and how he feels about the story. The adults in his life want to be supportive, but are mystified by his questions and concerns. Often, they're busy or don't answer very satisfactorily, but when Mark asks his dad whether kids are evil if their parents are, his dad responds thoughtfully and without getting angry, even though he doesn't understand why Mark is so worried.
The more I think about this book, the better I think it is. The issues are very real and very much a part of what we all must deal with. All of us would do well to revisit questions about the issues and feelings, because this book isn't so much about Hitler, as about right and wrong, and how we develop our understanding about what they are.
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by Jackie French and wanted to share my GoodReads review with you. Hitler's Daughter by Jackie FrenchMy review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an impressive book and one I can't recommend highly enough.
Anna tells stories her friends love to hear. Then, one day, she starts to tell a deeper, richer story that's both more compelling and more disturbing than the stories she's told before, about a girl, maybe an imaginary girl, and maybe not, who is Hitler's daughter. In response, Mark, the viewpoint character, begins to ask questions about inheritance, what it means to care for others, how to cope with loving someone who does wrong, and how to understand what's really right when everyone around you agrees that bad actions are right, as he tries to understand what he hears and how he feels about the story. The adults in his life want to be supportive, but are mystified by his questions and concerns. Often, they're busy or don't answer very satisfactorily, but when Mark asks his dad whether kids are evil if their parents are, his dad responds thoughtfully and without getting angry, even though he doesn't understand why Mark is so worried.
The more I think about this book, the better I think it is. The issues are very real and very much a part of what we all must deal with. All of us would do well to revisit questions about the issues and feelings, because this book isn't so much about Hitler, as about right and wrong, and how we develop our understanding about what they are.
View all my reviews.
