Beyond the Wall Book

It's 1971 and Misha, the Polish Jew whose devastating early life in the Warsaw Ghetto was rivetingly told in Shadow of the Wall, is now a grown man with a wife and hostile stepson. In an attempt to come to terms with his past Misha writes down the terrifying and moving story of the teenage years he spent as part of an underground Resistance movement in the Polish countryside. The days are full of risks, dangers and finally deaths, but Christa Laird is a great storyteller and we learn too of Misha's love for the beautiful and amazingly courageous Eva and the deep bonds which bind him to his new "family" in the forest. Based on only too real life experiences, this is a wonderfully exciting, thought-provoking and moving novel for 13 to 16-year-olds and a great way to learn something about the Second World War. A classic "must-read" by an Oxford-trained British author whose German Jewish father was killed fighting for the Allies in World War Two. (Ages 13 to 16 years) -- Tamsin PalmerRead More