Name: The Paris Children
ISBN: 9781728215624

Gloria Goldreich

"Based on a true story, this novel of WWII illuminates the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice. As the shadows of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party fall over Paris, Madeleine Levy draws on the spirit of her WWI hero grandfather and defends her beloved France in the only way she knows how: helping Jewish children escape the impending horror. Using her education, patience, and charm, Madeleine undertakes deadly missions, saving Jewish lives throughout France. Ripe with stunning imagery of the French landscape under siege, The Paris Children illuminates the courage of love and the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice"--

A Novel of World War 2

The Paris Children

Monica

This book tells a story about courage, hope, friendship, family, love, loyalty. We follow the Levy family, specially Madeline. Madeline, together with Claude and many other Jewish people, form the Resistance agains the Nazi invasion during World War II, which has already started in other parts of Europe. As families start to arrive in Paris in an attempt to escape the concentration camps, these brave people will strive to save as many people as possible, specially the children being the hope for the future and a symbol of innocence.

The story is one sided, but Goldreich gives credit to all the other people who, without being Jewish, still believed in a free France and rebelled against the horrors the Nazi's were propagating. It does not focus on the gore, only mentioning the sufferings the Jewish people were going through, without barely any description of them. It is very moving and engaging, and it also tells stories of love which are based on the hope of a future and better world after the war.

The Paris Children A Novel of World War 2

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