Poems and Poets

Hey guys- today's list is a bit of a freebie. Over at The Broke and the Bookish the only guideline we've been given is "Back to School". I've been wanting to do this list for a while- because my school began over a month ago! Today I'm listing my Top Ten Historical Fictions to Complement History Lessons. *All links are to my reviews (World War II and The Holocaust) 1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2. Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein 3. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 4. Annexed by Sharon Dogar 5. No Stars at the Circus by Mary Finn 6. The Siege by Helen Dunmore (Post-War Fiction) 7. Back Home by Michelle Magorian  (Non-Fiction) 7. Anne Frank- The Diary of a Young Girl 8. Smoke and Ashes- The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky (Indian History) 9. Empire of the Moghul Series by Alex Rutherford Hope you guys check out these books if...

I recently picked up "Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust" by Barbara Rogasky from my school library. We'd been studying about WWII in History and I picked up the book for further information. I'm so glad I did, as I found out so many things I'd never have known otherwise, including various horrendously overlooked elements of the Holocaust.  I read the second edition of this historical book, which had a revised format and more information. What struck me most about this was the dedication at the beginning, to Rogasky's fifty family members who'd been killed during the Holocaust in the U.S.S.R.