Lida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won’t she? But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II. Lida’s parents are ripped away from her and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking … backbreaking labor. Starving and terrified, Lida bonds with her fellow prisoners, but none of them know if they’ll live to see tomorrow.
When Lida and her friends are assigned to make bombs for the German army, Lida cannot stand the thought of helping the enemy. Then she has an idea. What if she sabotaged the bombs… and the Nazis? Can she do so without getting caught?
And if she’s freed, will she ever find her sister again?
This pulse-pounding novel of survival, courage, and hope shows us a lesser-known piece of history — and is sure to keep readers captivated until the last page.
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I love this book very much, it makes you feel like your actually there with Lida on her journeys and her tragic events. I love how the characters help Lida escape and survive through WW2.
I used to sneak this book out of another class just to read it. It’s that good. I loved it, it’s sad, it’s true and amazing.
Oh, I thought about so many things when I was reading this amazing book when you are reading this book you start thinking about what might happen next! Which book has made the biggest impact on you? A book I’ve read like a 7th grader is Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk it has made the biggest impact in me because it makes me feel sad and sometimes happy when im reading it, I start to think how it was in the past if in the past it was same like in the book. I can’t stop reading this amazing book. It would be amazing if you guys try to read it! If you like Historical Fiction read it!! The characters in this book are Lida, Luka, Igne, Larissa, etc. in this book Lida thought she was safe, her neighbors wearing yellow stars were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won’t she? But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II. Lidas parents ripped away from her, and she is separated from her beloved sister. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking labor. When Lida is assigned to make bombs for the German army, she can’t stand the thought of helping the enemy. Then she has an idea, what if she sabotages the bombs and the Nazis? Can she do so without getting caught? And if she’s freed, will she ever find her sister? If you wanna know what happens, go check it out and read it!!
i really enjoyed this book. You never know what will happen next. And that feeling alone makes you want to go on and read more. The description is so clear i can imagine the whole book in my head. If you like reading tragic, unpredictable,realistic,twisted books, I would 100% recommend this book
An excellent book. I read it with my eleven year old son (alternating pages). My son loves history and thought this was one of the best books he has ever read. The protagonist being a girl was fine with him as the story was not a “girl” story. It had plenty of bombs and historical references in the setting details for him and brought him into the story because he was reading about a child his own age. For me, I loved the story as an adult. Historical fiction is one of my favorite and although this is a children’s story, I found it very engaging. I was also surprised to learn so many details about the WWII. Only after reading the book, I read the author’s notes that explained these “slaves of Hitler” were not known to the world until the 1990s (after I had finished most of my education).