From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:38:59 -0600

Thanks, Jonathan and Waller, for taking time to reflect upon the meaning of "postmodern."
  Later when we discuss the Sibert Award, we'll to have a another opportunity to look at Newbery Honor Book Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti which is an Honor Book in that category, too. The book Hitler Youth deserves its own discussion. Meanwhile it's important to acknowledge the outstanding writing in Hitler Youth, an unparalleled book of information.
  Currently there's a connection between one chapter in Hitler Youth and one of the Oscar nominees for the best Foreign Film: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. As I think about this important German film, I'm reminded of the chapter in Bartoletti's book about resistence to the Nazis. The information there about that brave young woman and the additional resources about her and the White Rose Movement cited in Bartoletti's fine bibliography will lead readers to more about the real Sophie Scholl.
  Best, Ginny
 
 
 
 
 

Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
 
 
Received on Sun 19 Feb 2006 08:38:59 PM CST