Teen's: "Daniel Half-Human and the Good Nazi"

[Sequoia]

I got this book at the library because I spotted the review of the paperback in the NYT. Although it's a book for teens it is very compelling and down right good and scary. Scary because as I was reading it I could not help but think of the situtation we are dealing with now, only instead of Jews we have immigrants and Muslims and that crazy guy trying to take over the world. It's a book adults would like too. Highly recommended from me, the book addict.



From Booklist
Gr. 7-12. In Hamburg, Germany, in the 1930s, Daniel enjoys being part of the Hitler Youth until he discovers his mother is Jewish and he is thrown out of his elite school. He still has fun with his best friend, Armin, who falls in love with Daniel's Jewish cousin; but tension mounts, racism is rampant, and Armin begins to stay away, though he takes risks and warns his friend to hide. Daniel's return to Hamburg in 1945 as interpreter for the Allies frames the novel, which switches among the viewpoints of too many characters, including Daniel's parents, who fight about whether to leave the country. But the detailed history woven into the fiction (including the effect of Germany's defeat in World War I, Hitler's rise, and the violence of Kristallnacht) helps make this clearly translated novel an important title for the Holocaust curriculum, especially given the friendship drama that keeps raising ethical questions to the very last page.

http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Half-Human-David-Chotjewitz/dp/0689857489/sr=1-1/qid=1158684325/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7760266-3089548?ie=UTF8&s=books