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Price: $6.99
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By: Annette Oppenlander (Author)
“…intriguing and fascinating young adult…
47 Days: The True Story of Two Teen Boys Defying Hitler’s Reich (Biographical WWII Stories for Teens)
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HER –
Worth the read
I bought this for my 14 year old to get him to read. I ended up reading it in one sitting. a sad but uplifting story of friendship.
Sandra K. Stiles –
Must Read
Near the end of World War II, Hitler knew he was losing. This did not stop him from continuing the fight. When man power was dwindling, he reached out and drafted the Hitler Youth. These were young school boys. Helmet and Günter were best friends. They receive their draft notice in school and are required to report within one week to Marburg. They were told there would be no transportation and they would need to find their own way there. Günter goes to find Helmut. He tells him he doesn’t plan to go. Helmut agrees. If they are caught they will be shot on the spot as traitors. Günter’s father went to ward almost five years earlier and his brother left last year. This will leave his mother and younger brother all alone. Günter and Helmut start walking, slowly, deciding they will hide out in hopes the war will end before they actually get there. This story is the true story lived by the author’s grandfather Günter and his best friend Helmut. It is a quick read, yet a hold-your-breath type of read. I worried the entire time I was reading about what they were going through. I hear our youth today complain about such simple things when kids like Günter and Helmut had to worry about war, being killed, starving, freezing to death. It made me think about what was going on in Ukraine right now and how those children are living something similar. This should be in every middle school classroom. This is a definite must read
Hello –
Short
Read it in a half hour
WonderingFairy –
Very information and inspiring to those who wish to know.
This book was very inspiring. Although it was quite short, the story was cold. The fight for survival for these two boys, so they wouldn’t have to participate in genocide, was truly moving. It really gives you a new perception on what happened in the holocaust, and brings new meaning and feel to it. A line that stood with me from the book was that the main character, Günter, his mother said that Hitler was trying to kill them. Imagine having your own government trying to kill you before the war ends. A truly moving book. As a 15 year old reading history, and reviewing past events, this was a moving story. I’m homeschooling, and this was my assignment. To think, they were my age when they went through this, makes me even more grateful for the comfortable life I live.
smr –
Book
My grandson in high school finds this time period very interesting as he went to a class trip to Europe. Really appreciated the book. Said it was very interesting.
Stacy –
Good book
It may be a short book but very well written its nice to see different ways people survived such a sad horrible time but we all must remember
Boneca –
Great book to read. The beginning is slow but I enjoyed the book
jain ruskin brown –
My Nephew gets to learn a little history whilst enjoying the fictional approach.
Shirley –
Good story but sometimes a little implausible. Enjoyed it nevertheless and demonstrated the mind set of a people that were rather desperate by that time in the war period.
CJ –
This is a short but very intense and emotional story. What these two brave teens had to endure in order to not fight for Hilter was difficult to read, but impossible to stop reading as their courage and determination at their age is so compelling.
Llywela –
I had previously bought this book for my Canadian Grandson through Amazon canada and had started to read it while on a visit there.So when home i decided to buy a copy for myself as its such a wonderful story and i thoroughly recommend the story /content of this book.I was so disappointed when my book arrived, it was a least half the thickness of the original paperback that I’d read.The cover curls!, its so compacted its difficult to keep it open in ypur hand and you have to really struggle with it to read the text towards the middle.The text itself is smaller.Totally deflated and disappointed. ðð