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Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust by Don Brown

January 30, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The haunting cover of Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust by Don Brown does not really give you the whole picture of what is going to happen inside this book, but it is a great start. There are layers that will overlap, some things are familiar, others will give you more insight and others might be new stories or concepts. It does not feel like a subject for a graphic novel, but the subject translates well into this format, but it works […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: #Holland, 1939-1945, Children, Don Brown, Germany, Holocaust, Jewish Youth, Kindertransports, Kindertransports (Rescue operations), London, Social Themes, World War II

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:63 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: #Holland, 1939-1945, Children, Don Brown, Germany, Holocaust, Jewish Youth, Kindertransports, Kindertransports (Rescue operations), London, Social Themes, World War II ·
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The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

September 28, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am starting this review of The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown with this statement: Brown has an agenda with this book, but that is not a bad thing.  It is a complicate book with a complicated theme, yet also, straight forward.  I will add, I have rewritten this review too many times. I was well over 600 words at one point. This book was upsetting, enlightening and a not an all together unpleasant journey, but not one for just anyone. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Civil & Human Rights, Don Brown, Emigration & Immigration, Middle East, Politics & Government, refugee, Social Topics, Syria, Syrian refugee crisis

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:495 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Civil & Human Rights, Don Brown, Emigration & Immigration, Middle East, Politics & Government, refugee, Social Topics, Syria, Syrian refugee crisis ·
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