Rating: Needs Parent Supervision

Reading Level: Mid-Late Elementary

Age appropriate historical fiction set in WWII. I like several references to prayers. That said, there was a lot of intensity and horror that is unfortunately likely true to the times.

Possible Concerns:

  • Seeing a teacher shot by Nazis. The teacher falls into a river, presumably dead.
  • Witnessing many soldiers being shot down on the shores of Normandy; ocean water red with blood
  • Finding out his mother has been secretly working for the resistance against the Nazis.
  • Finding a parachuter in a tree with blood dripping from him; he appears dead.
  • Running with the parachuter, being chased by the Nazis with a hunting dog.
  • References to a Jewish friend and his family being taken away by Nazis
  • References to a father being in the French army, taken prisoner by Nazis and placed in a concentration camp. They haven’t heard from him for 4 years.

Also perhaps of issue:

  • Reference to a legendary dragon protecting a castle

Despite the scary events, it still pays excellent attention to the brave soldiers and resistance civilians who fought against Hitler’s evil regime.

See also my review of I Survived the Great Chicago Fire.