Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 10, 2014

Review

It's not easy to write a story about the Holocaust and make it accessible for children. But that is just what Dauvillier does in this beautiful graphic novel. A small girl finds her grandmother in the living room and notices that she is sad, so she asks her why (the color palette is warm and sepia-toned in these scenes). The grandmother unfolds the story of her own childhood, hiding from the Nazis, changing her name and leaving her home. The colors are darker and then lighter as she escapes the countryside. The framing of the ending with the picture of grandmother with her parents as a girl and her as an old woman with her son and granddaughter brought me to tears. Highly recommend.

Overall Book Score: excellent