Anna Is Still Here (copy 1)

by Ida Vos

Other authorsTerese Edelstein (Translator), Inez Smidt (Translator)

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

FIC VOS YA

Genres

Children's Books

Fiction

Collection

Young Adult

Publication

Scholastic, Inc. (1995), Paperback, 139 pages

Description

Thirteen-year-old Anna, who was a "hidden child" in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, gradually learns to deal with the realities of being a survivor.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MerryMary

A hauntingly beautiful book. The author uses an unusual perspective for this YA tale of the Holocaust - that of a child who has survived and is trying desperately to adjust to freedom and peace. Anna was hidden in a Dutch home for the duration and has now been reunited with her parents. As all

three of them try to come to grips with their memories and their nightmares, we see the struggle through Anna's eyes; and Anna doesn't always understand what she sees. Another survivor, a neighbor who is still searching for her lost daughter, helps with Anna's adjustment - and Anna is able to help Mrs.Neumann in her turn.

The story is told in present tense, which I usually don't like, but is not obtrusive here. Anna's story has a spare elegance that will linger long in your memory. Definitely recommended.

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LibraryThing member aimless22

Oddly organized, almost stream of consciousness within a young girl. Hard to understand where the story was going at first, but then it all came together.

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