This is the story of a young girl living in Germany during World War II. It is written for mid-elementary readers. This is a good story for children to read because it shows a child taking great personal risk by doing the right thing and helping others. Rose Blanche, the main character of the story, risks her life to take food to starving Jewish people in a concentration camp outside of her city.
Innocenti uses symbolism well in the book. For example, Rose Blanche, along with being the name of the main character was the name of a group of antiwar Germans who were all killed during the war. This symbolism is continued when Rose is shot by German soldiers at the end of the story because it is foggy and "the soldiers see the enemy everywhere."
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