Lisa+Review

=​ //Review for __Lisa__// = //By: Carol Matas//

​ //Age: 13+// //Keywords: resistance, anti-Nazi movement, revenge, perish.//

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//__Lisa__ by Carol Matas is the story of a young girl that fights for the freedom of her country. It is a very touching story that enables us to understand how life was in the begining of World War 2 and how, even in wartime, one girl can make a diffrence. __Lisa__ is an amazing example of what every teenager had to live through during the begining of the war time. Even if it is simply fiction, we get to see how the holocaust in represented through the eyes of innocent teens and all the struggles they had to go through in order to survive a cruel war they had nothing to do with. // ======

//Considering the fact that this story has many detailed descriptions as to how someone is killed, the feelings it brings, and what it appears to look like to see someone perish, i would consider this story as being appropriate to an audience of atleast 13 years of age. The imagery shown through this text is simply to graphic, or so I believe, for a child of less that 13.

Theoretically, this story does not describe the Holocaust as a whole, but the events that did eventually lead to the Holocaust. We get a clear explanation as to how it all started, the worries of normal jewish citizens from the german cities, and their unconsiousness as to what they did to be treated as such. Her family worries are an exact replica of what every Jewish family was experiencing and it enables us to get a slight feeling as to how it would have been if we were there, but it is nothing compared to the cruel reality.

In a way this story shows us how, in such cruel situations, even if we think we are inferior to everything happening around us, every effort we do to fight back will be remembered and we never know what it might bring; we might even happen to save lives as were doing it. We might not be living in such drastic times but atleast it gives us the courage because if we let go in the small things, we`ll probably end up doing the same thing when it really matters. Lisa's experience is a great example of courage and potential that our teenagers hold today, and they will fight against anything that tries to destroy what they have worked sa hard to achieve in the little time they've had.

Let's keep this story in our memory as an amazing example of fighting for what we believe in most: our Freedom. //

 //-Laetitia Gintrand//