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Immigrant Stories

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

November 6, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Migrant – and bingos 8, 9 and 10 – 1st row, 1st column, and diagonal (top left to bottom right). I didn’t really have anything from the books I had read that I thought would be a good fit (there was a super forced fit but it felt disrespectful given everything going on in the world with immigration etc). When I had been searching through my TBR pile, I had considered several Isabel Allende novels as an option but couldn’t decide. So when […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Central America, Immigration, Isabel Allende, Kindertransports

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:109 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Central America, Immigration, Isabel Allende, Kindertransports ·
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I’m trying to think of a clever title that will grab attention but it all seems to frivolous for the subject

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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