I read the book a little unimpressed - with the sheer number of books about the Holocaust, you need to be quite good to make a mark. The details were few, and the story very toned down to the audience. While that was good, it made everything seem so vague. However, at the back is a short synopsis with a picture of Herman and his 'Angel Girl'. After reading that part, it really hit me that it actually happened, and I nearly cried. While I don't feel the author and illustrator quite did the story justice, I can't help but love this bitter-sweet book. So the story goes: Herman was taken off to a Holocaust camp where he was overworked and nearly starved (emotionally, physically) but he met an angle girl who visited him daily, tossing apples over the barbed-wire fence. Years later they met in NYC, fell in love, and married.Lovely story, the kind that touches you. Too bad it's fabricated. I feel for the author - how horrible to get caught up in Herman's lies. You'd think somewhere along the line someone would have checked or researched or something. It's the same as the whole James Frey thing - you're not mad at the story or even that it's fiction, you're mad that you got duped.
What do You think about Angel Girl (2008)?
This book actually has some beautiful, haunting illustrations. Just a shame it was fake.
—houstonbiology
what an incredible story! The illustrations are weird yet perfect. Take a look!
—jessiedominguez
