there is of course much more to her story, and graphic novels in the shorter format dont provide all, but enough to elicit admiratioon.

About midway through however it succeeded in getting my attention and at that point was hard to put down. These Jewish prisoners were allowed to keep their clothing and their hair wasn't shaved, though living conditions were still as deplorable as in other parts of Auschwitz. In this incredibly dark place, they were a reminder of less sombre times, when words rang out more loudly than machine guns.

this is a difficult for me to rate, as i have found to be the case with many WWII/holocaust stories that are based on real life people but written as a work of fiction. I read as much as my gut will allow about the war, and I do not feel like the current youth is educated enough about what exactly had happened during this time. Once in Auschwitz, Dita becomes a librarian helping out with lending books out to people, a form of resistance.

There were references to the characters making statements about how this was "The greatest mass killing in human history," and I felt myself as the reader step back and wonder why in that moment the character would be making such a statement? They knew they would die, yet dedicated themselves to the children, to make their last weeks as pleasant as they could.

Hirsch and his assistants used them as teaching material; and some of the assistants also knew stories (there are six such “living books)” with which they captivated the children.