The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington - OPTIONAL
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington , 264 pages. Candlewick, 2018. $18. Language: PG (7 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (mentions of deaths and cruelty, nothing graphic) BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE One moment Ella was walking home from school, the next she has been rounded up by the Nazis because of her yellow star and transported to the concentration camp Birkenau, or Birchwood, as the author calls it. Luckily she is a superb seamstress and is able to get a job in the Upper Tailoring Studio where they makes clothing for the female officers and the wives of the camp overseers. But life under Nazi rule is cheap – one little slip and anyone can be out on their ear in a heartbeat. The girls of the Studio try to form a family, but the only person Ella really trusts is Rose – a former member of an upper class, who is now also only trying to survive. I rated this optional only because the audience for it will be small. Excellent writing, an