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A review by jjoany
Never Forget You by Jamila Gavin
5.0
Not a story for younger children- sensitive themes.
As an adult, I thought the story was poignant, beautifully weaved together with threads of history and fiction. The story is told in 4 voices: 4 girls who become women over the course of the book, travelling from English boarding school to different roles in World War 2, both in London and Paris. So many themes and topics of world war 2 are interweaved: Dunkirk, Kristallnacht, holocaust, French resistance, Nazi sympathisers, air raids, patriotism, evacuation, spies.
The only difficulty was figuring out who was narrating each chapter which could be a little frustrating, and jumping between threads of the story. The story has tragedy and loss and so is not recommended for primary school (maybe a mature year 6 might be ok with it, but it’s more suited to secondary pupils).
As an adult, I thought the story was poignant, beautifully weaved together with threads of history and fiction. The story is told in 4 voices: 4 girls who become women over the course of the book, travelling from English boarding school to different roles in World War 2, both in London and Paris. So many themes and topics of world war 2 are interweaved: Dunkirk, Kristallnacht, holocaust, French resistance, Nazi sympathisers, air raids, patriotism, evacuation, spies.
The only difficulty was figuring out who was narrating each chapter which could be a little frustrating, and jumping between threads of the story. The story has tragedy and loss and so is not recommended for primary school (maybe a mature year 6 might be ok with it, but it’s more suited to secondary pupils).