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Summary: A great Holocaust book
Review: This book is a great holocaust book that kids and adults will like. I believe this is one of the best books I've read. I got this and finished it the next day. I love Carol style of writing. She draws you into the book and really makes you feel and live her stories. This book is about a Jewish girl named Marisa's decision to leave her family in order to be saved. A lot of people say she was lucky others say she wasn't but in perspective back then she was really lucky.
This is I believe more of a girls book but many guys will like it. It has a lot of Daddy's little girl in the beginning but after that its all on survival and change. And the thing is even if you aren't a Jew you can understand how hard it would be to be in Germany safe when you family is being killed and how hard it would be for her. I would diffidently read this book again.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful
Review: This book is a wonderful piece of Holocaust literature. The perspective that it is told from, the eyes of a Polish girl living as a servant in Nazi Germany, is one rarely written about in any teenage Holocaust books. This book is a must read for any teenager interested in the Holocaust, especially interested in the daily life of an Aryan youth. Once again, Carol Matas adds another spectacular addition to the world of teenage Holocaust literature.
READ THIS BOOK NOW!
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Summary: In hiding.....in your enemy's house.
Review: This book tells what it would be like if you had to hide, in plain sight of your enemy. Marisa, who is Jewish, is fifteen when Nazis invade her city in Poland. Her entire family is killed in a roundup, except for Marisa and a brother and sister. The brother and sister flee into the woods to join the partisans. That is their chance to live. But Marisa's chance is to pose as a Christian girl and work as a servant to a German Nazi. She will have to keep silent, forget who she is, forget everything except that she must not tell the truth, no matter what she does
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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: This book was very good. I enjoyed the tense and exciting parts such as Cassie having to say sorry to Miz Lillian Simms. I also likes the very end when white people helped put out the Logans fire. The Logans are black people and the color of your skin is the topic of this novel. This book mentions the starts and ends of friendships. I enjoyed this book very much and I would give it 5 stars.
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Summary: The best book i've ever read!!!
Review: This book will all others in the dust! Simply the best!!!! This book does not even compare to others I have read including books such as Bridge to Teribithia and Gone Away Lake.
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Summary: Murders Taking Over?
Review: This book, "In My Enemy's House", is thrilling, sad, and happy all in one. I really knew how Marisa felt from the detailed descriptions. (Although it was a little slow in the middle.) I never really had a true passion for reading, but when I read this book I just couldn't put it down. Just think how scary it would be in her position. She had to trade papers with a Polish girl to save her own life, and she had to hide out with her brother, Yehuda, sister, Fanny, and part-cousin Shmuel. Except Shmuel wasn't her cousin by genetics, he was her cousin by marraige. They became very fond of eachother. You can really see how this relationship and each character grows in the story. If you like nail-bitting thrillers, then this one's for you!
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Summary: its ok
Review: This is a book that can explain a lot about the war in the Germany. But the thing it has a lot of in is a Jewish payer in it. The thing is that if you are not Jewish than you really cant understand then. The book is very detailed. In every way. It makes you feel like you are really there. With the planes flying above. It makes you feel for the people that have been killed by the evil done at that time. In the end everything works out. They could have made something different to prove that maybe thing may not work out in the end!
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Summary: only 1 bad word...high praise indeed !
Review: This is a good story. I felt guilty and scared all at the same time. I love the Jewish people. NO-ONE should be put through this . To all who don't even believe the Holocaust was real, better make sure you can pass, JUST IN CASE !!!
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Summary: Superb!
Review: This is a great book for people wanting to learn more about the Holocaust. This one is especially unique because the story is told through the perspective of a child. The novel is entitled, 'In My Enemey's House' because...she is! She is posing as a Pole (treated like rats at the time, but not nearly is bad as the Jews were treated), and goes through an organization, where she is sent to stay with an important Nazi officer and his family. In fact, a game played by the children is called "Jews Out," which was actually a non-fictional game played at that time period. How do I know this, do you ask? Carol Matas came to my school and had a speech of her books. This one was one of my favorites. Read it!
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Summary: A GREAT World War 2 book!
Review: What would you do if the only way to survive was to hide in the enemy's country? And even worse, in the enemy's house? This is exactly what Marisa has to do to save her own life. Her blonde hair and blue eyes disguising her as a Polish worker, Marisa goes to work in Germany, the papers of a Polish girl named Maria hiding her real identity as a Jew. Eventually, Marisa ends up working on a large farm for a Nazi family. As she stays on the farm longer, Marisa wonders- What should I think of these people?- as she becomes closer to Charlotte and the rest of the family and remembers her own family members, killed at the hands of the Nazis. The words of her father, cousin, and many more guide her through the toughest times as she learns that her heart should open up to see the real person inside everyone- even some of her enemies.I loved this book, along with the many other World War 2 fiction books by Carol Matas. These books are great if you like to read historical fiction- they have real facts, great characters, intreging plots, and even a little bit of romance! I hope you like this book and maybe even the other Carol Matas books as much as I do!
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