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A review by mellabella
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
3.0
This book started out with the death of Sarah's mother and took off from there. 15 year old blonde, blue eyed Sarah meets a man later (who inadvertently causes her moms death) who will change the course of her life. She goes from an orphan to a spy. A teenage Jewish girl joining the resistance and, trying to bring down the Nazi's.
Sarah goes undercover at a school for upper ranking Nazi's. Her goal is to befriend a girl named Elsa whose father is a scientist. Her introduction to the school (and the girls) is tenuous and, a little brutal.
For some reason (while I enjoyed this book) I was never on edge that Sarah would be found out while she was in school. Even with everything that could have gone wrong.
While she was at Elsa's home, is when I started to think something might happen. And happen it did. But not in a way that I thought.
As we go through Sarah's memories... Little by little we see how resilient she had to be. Not just as a Jewish person in Germany. But as the daughter of a sometimes vicious alcoholic mother that she had to mother. And an absent German father. Someone who was bullied long before she got to the school.
The atrocious secret at the end... Actually shocked me.
I would love to see this made into a movie. But, it would probably just be messed up. So, 3.5 stars.
Sarah goes undercover at a school for upper ranking Nazi's. Her goal is to befriend a girl named Elsa whose father is a scientist. Her introduction to the school (and the girls) is tenuous and, a little brutal.
For some reason (while I enjoyed this book) I was never on edge that Sarah would be found out while she was in school. Even with everything that could have gone wrong.
While she was at Elsa's home, is when I started to think something might happen. And happen it did. But not in a way that I thought.
As we go through Sarah's memories... Little by little we see how resilient she had to be. Not just as a Jewish person in Germany. But as the daughter of a sometimes vicious alcoholic mother that she had to mother. And an absent German father. Someone who was bullied long before she got to the school.
The atrocious secret at the end... Actually shocked me.
I would love to see this made into a movie. But, it would probably just be messed up. So, 3.5 stars.