Review by student: Akela B.

Edie is a gymnast and dancer who lives in a house with her family. Because they are Jewish, during WWII they are sent to the camps; she is separated from her first love, her boyfriend. While in Auschwitz, Edie dreams of seeing her boyfriend again. In the camp dormitory, the camp director is a creepy lurch who has Edie dance for him in exchange for a whole loaf of bread. When they are liberated, Edie and her sister, Magda, find out who made it out of the camps and who didn’t. They have to create a new life after the war. 

I like the book because it goes into detail about life after the war and their recovery. I like this book because I knew it was the author’s life.