When The World Was Ours
Product ID: 348445534
A powerful and heart-breaking novel about three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses. For readers of Private Peaceful, The Book Thief and Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl. Three friends. Two sides. One memory.Vienna. 1936. Three young friends – Leo, Elsa and Max – spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness, and that events soon mean that they will be cruelly ripped apart from each other. With their lives taking them across Europe – to Germany, England, Prague and Poland – will they ever find their way back to each other? Will they want to? Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE WORLD WAS OURS is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking, and shows how the bonds of love, family and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times. Review: Good read - The book is really awesome guys I would recommend it to anyone curious to know the circumstances during ww2 and the holocaust Review: Great quality - The book came exactly as pictured. Beautiful quality paper and an extra plus was that it came early! Perfect for staying occupied during covid lockdown
| Best Sellers Rank | #24 in Young Adult Nonfiction on Prejudice #32 in Young Adult Fiction on Prejudice & Racism #32 in Historical Romance for Young Adults |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 854 Reviews |
P**A
Good read
The book is really awesome guys I would recommend it to anyone curious to know the circumstances during ww2 and the holocaust
P**E
Great quality
The book came exactly as pictured. Beautiful quality paper and an extra plus was that it came early! Perfect for staying occupied during covid lockdown
J**N
Three Lives. One Photograph
When The World Was Ours by Liz Kessler is a powerful historical children’s novel, suitable for ages twelve years and over. Even as an adult, I found this book an incredibly moving read about a time when Europe was veiled by a terrible dark cloud. All the characters were well drawn, likable and realistic. We see the dreadful acts of man’s inhumanity to man. And we see that even in Auschwitz, people retain their humanity. The Nazis can take the freedoms but they cannot take the human heart and soul. One photograph. Three copies in 1936. Three lives united. Three lives torn apart. What and who will remain in 1945? When The World Was Ours is powerful and heartbreaking. I think every person should read this book, regardless of their age. It is in the book’s simplicity that the horrors are magnified. Never again must these events happen.
A**E
Ok
Ok if you like book about world war 2. Well explained, enough for a 12 yers old boy. He didn’t like the chapters of Max.
L**A
Arrived badly packaged and filthy
This is a phenomenal book that I would highly recommend. I am disgusted with the vendor, however, who thinks it's acceptable to send books covered in grime, badly marked and bashing about unsecured or protected within an oversized postal bag. I won't be buying from them again.
J**D
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