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I might never have touched Maus had it not been part of our 8th graders’ curriculum for their Holocaust unit. While the unit only required them to read Chapter 4, I went ahead and read all of Volume 1 for context and background. And now I wish we could have read the entire thing together.

Art’s complicated relationship with his father, Vladek’s complicated relationship with both the past and present, and the haunting sense that, for those who survived, the Holocaust never really ended, were things that my students were just dimly starting to understand when we had to move on. Maybe one day, I'll take an entire class through it.

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shanhautman's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

frostap's review against another edition

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5.0

I stayed up until 1 a.m. today finishing this, which I think speaks to how very much I enjoyed it. The book is beautiful but harrowing and heartbreaking. Now I'm wishing I'd picked up II also. Really excellent.

nuxvomica's review

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dark informative sad

5.0

tiffanybrito's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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