4.5/5 (physical book)

Hidden. The story of a young girl during the Holocaust.

Hidden tells the story of Dounia, a young Jewish girl living in France during the 1930s. The story begins with normal life for Dounia - school, friends, family dinners. This is all quickly changed when the police come and take her parents away to a concentration camp and Dounia is forced to hide until someone comes to get her.

This graphic novel is gripping and real. With the illustrations to go with the text, the story gets a whole new life, filled with maximum emotion.

I am not normally a graphic novel reader, but I finished this book in about 45 minutes, gripped into the story of a young girl looking and hoping to find her parents.

Hidden is a conversation starter for this extremely difficult topic when working with young readers, and I think this story can help build empty reading skills.

I will be recommending this graphic novel in the future, for sure.