i had to read this book for an english non-fiction assignment. the only reason i chose it was because it has big writing, really ugly pictures on every other page, and it is only 115 pages long. it seemed to be the perfect book! so i started reading it, only to find out that it was the [...] book ever. the plot is ok, but in general, the way the book is written is at a very "easy" level english, which makes the book, a bit boring, and there is too much description. maybe this is because it was translated from Dutch, but in general it was not interesting. the truth is, it took me a month to read it. if i had chosen a longer book, but more interesting, i probably would've gotten through it a lot faster. in conclusion, dont read this book, unless you have a loooot of time to waste!

The book was written from the writers perspective when she was still a child. Her family gets send away to different places: concentration camps, labour camps, ect. The Jewish girl has to come to terms with the fact that she may never see them again. And how could she ever forget them if they don't return. Forgetting what happened and not talking about it was common to victems right after the war. After all, the Dutch people wanted to move on and many didn't want to think about the holocaust. That's why the writer describes her emotions almost clinical, which makes the book extra touching.