Joan M. Wolf

Someone named Eva takes place during WWII where Milada, an eleven-year-old Czech girl, is separated from her family by the Nazis due to her blonde hair and blue eyes. She is renamed Eva and is sent to be "re-educated" so she can be adopted by wealthy Germans who want an Aryan child. This book touches on a touchy subject but I think it's important for kids to be exposed to this. It's one thing to hear about the holocaust, it's another to read somebody's account. So the age for this will probably be 4th to 8th grade. Something that stands out is Milada's process through the re-education program and her struggling to remember who she is as the people change around her. I used to read this book all the time as a kid, it was one of my favorites. I'm Jewish on my dad's side, Sephardic to be exact, so I've always been interested in WWII. This book doesn't hold back any punches, but it's still tasteful. I recommend this book for kids that are interested in history, and the people affected by it.… (mer)

Someone named Eva is a book about World War 2 and is based in the year 1942. The book is centered around eleven-year-old Milada who was taken from her home because she looks like an Aryan raced child. She was blonde, blue-eyed and was taken from her family to a center in Germany. There she was trained to be a "proper German" for adoption by a German family, and all the while she struggles to remember her true identity. This book is a realistic fiction that is based on the World War 2 and Holocaust. This book is suitable for children in higher grades because of the content and the difficult language and vocabulary. This book is a great way to introduce students into a historical unit.… (mer)