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“very inspiring. ”
Madisynn M wrote this review Sunday, July 18, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Eine Geschichte uber ein Maedchen die ein Trauma erlitten hat, und seitdem kompulsiv Papier zerreist zieht bei Alan ins Gebaeude. Alan versucht sich daruafhin mit ihr anzufreunden, was ihm zumal nicht gelingt.
5T1N9R4Y wrote this review Saturday, July 17, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Eine wunderschoene Geschichte. ”“Erg aangrijpend.”
jojootje wrote this review Saturday, January 16, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ A great realistic fiction book from WW2(World War 2). From the perspective of Alan. One of the best historical fiction I have ever read! Guided reading level:???”
Lover of Earth,peace,people and other things (Rachel W) wrote this review Wednesday, December 16, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As a kid, I loved dark, thought pervoking, horrific and tragic books. Things that made me sit up and think. Stories that scared me a little.
Spookybell wrote this review Thursday, June 25, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I loved Alan and Naomi. It wasn't fluffy, it was serious, but I thought it was incredible and it is a book I have never forgotten.
I tried teaching it too my 6th grade class and I didn't get a great responce. I'm not sure if I was off on the age of my audience, or it just made them all so uncomfortable. One girl loved it though and that makes me soooo happy! ”
“beautiful and so painfull”
jasenka j wrote this review Monday, June 8, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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GEPLYS Historical wrote this review Wednesday, August 20, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Alan feels his social standing is rather precarious. He has one friend, Shaun, but Alan worries about losing him. As a good student, Alan worries constantly that he will be thought a sissy. So Alan is not pleased when his folks and the neighbors ask him to spend time with Naomi, a French girl deeply scarred by the murder of her father by the Nazis. Alan successfully talks Naomi back into the real world, and he soon becomes close to her. He nearly loses Shaun’s friendship, not because of Naomi, but out of his own lack of trust. When Alan fights Joe Condello for insulting Naomi, however, Shaun rescues Alan. Joe’s threats and the violence that follows terrify Naomi, and she retreats back into madness. Alan’s father offers optimism, but Alan is convinced that Hitler has destroyed the intelligent and lovable Naomi he once knew..
Alan and Shaun often seem younger than the age they must be to be in junior high, but the tragedy in Alan and Naomi makes it more appropriate reading for students at least that age. Generally the boys seem very tame for their reputation. Shaun does at the height of his anger call Alan an S.O.B., which could offend a parent or two. However, at 192 easy-to- read pages, this will fill a need for SHORT fiction on the Holocaust. SW (1977, 192 pages)
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“This book is about a boy who befriends a girl in his apartment building. The girl has just come from Europe, escaping Nazis. She is disturbed and begins to come otu of her shell. It is also about her friendship and Alan growning up as he deals with the reality of the horrors that Naomi has been through.”
Carrie S wrote this review Wednesday, April 23, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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