From: Cathy Sullivan Seblonka <cathys>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:49:39 -0400 (EDT)

I loved Nim and the War Effort. Nim seemed real and, if I remember correctly, a sense of wisdom pervaded the family. One of my favorite WW2 era books is Margaret Wild's Let the Celebrations Begin. It's wonderful to read or tell to middle schoolers through adults. It's very emotional.
(At least I am after reading or telling it.) I find Rose Blanche incredibly moving and sad, both the text and illustrations). I found Art Spiegelman's Maus I and Maus II so very powerful. Awesome, in fact. I enjoyed Helene Deschamps' Spyglass: An Autobiography (sorry, that wouldn't exactly be historical fiction). And Ken Mochizuki's Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story is wonderful and could be read to so many audiences.
(That's non-fiction, too.)

Cathy Sullivan Seblonka Youth Services Coordinator Peter White Public Library 217 N. Front St. Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 228?10 fax (906) 228s15 e-mail: cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
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