3.5 Bittersweet tale of a young Jewish girl who pretends to be Christian when she and her mom are banished from Paris during the German occupation of France during WWII. Told In the first person, the story is told in verse, poetry being one of the things that brought Odette comfort while they wer...
My friend Simone and I run to see. The soldiers came in big silver trailers. We watch them unload … beds and tables that unfold, shiny lanterns and stoves. The soldiers have boxes and boxes of food. They offer us candy. “Don’t take it!” adults have always warned us. “It might be poison.” But Simo...