When Rose
sees a little boy trying to escape from the back of a truck, only to be
captured and shoved back in, she decides to follow the truck. At a desolate
place out of town she discovers many other children, staring hungrily from
behind an electric barbed wire fence.
In this sophisticated picture book a young girl
called Rose witnesses the inhumane actions of the Nazis during World War Two.
Showing courage and selflessness Rose takes it upon herself to help people in
desperate need. This was my favourite of the sophisticated picture books I read
for the 27 challenge. It showed that not all children's books have to have a
happy ending and I would recommend this story to anyone thinking about reading
a sophisticated picture book.
By Melanie
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