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Shadow Life Barry Denenberg Scholastic Press © 2005 |
The book Shadow Life, by Barry Denenberg, is a very intriguing story about a family's desire to live. The Frank family struggles to stay together during the worst time of life, what would be later known as the Holocaust. Margot Frank, a young girl of sixteen, is the main character of this book. She has a sister Anne, a mom, Edith, and a dad, Otto. On Monday, January 6, 1942, this one family's life changes forever.
In this book, Margot Frank deals with a new life in hiding, with little food and seven other people with her. This book reminds me of another book that I have read called The Diary of Anne Frank. The author creates a fictional account of what he believes Margot's views would be. He begins and ends the book with very detailed information on the lives of the eight people before and after they went into hiding. At the end of the book, the author incorporates survivors' recollections of the eight people and the survivors' own accounts of the camps.
This is an excellent novel that I would recommend for middle school and high school kids. In my opinion this book teaches kids the horrible things that happened during the Holocaust. This is a very believable book and is a great quality story.
~ Stephen Eaker, grade 8, Boardman Center Middle School