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A review by hezann73
After the Train by Gloria Whelan
3.0
It's been 10 years since World War II ended. In the West German town of Rolfen most people are getting by well enough and buildings are being rebuilt. Peter Liebig is tired of hearing about the war -after all he was only a toddler then and it had nothing to do with him. Or did it? Peter has a recurring nightmare about a young woman handing him out in the darkness and being covered by her tears. Is it really a nightmare, or a memory? A letter Peter discovers in his parents room answers that question, but raises many many others.
I like Gloria Whelan very much and most of her books totally transport me into the setting. This one was OK. While I appreciated that it didn't provide any easy answers, I was never completely absorbed by it. Still, it would be a good historical fiction choice (for boys especially) for 5th(4th?) grade and up.
I like Gloria Whelan very much and most of her books totally transport me into the setting. This one was OK. While I appreciated that it didn't provide any easy answers, I was never completely absorbed by it. Still, it would be a good historical fiction choice (for boys especially) for 5th(4th?) grade and up.