Historical Fiction

When I was in sixth grade I hated our Literature books. Even thought I loved to read I did not love going through these books...until I found an excerpt from a book that intrigued me. The book was When Hilter Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. The story was about a family forced to leave Berlin, Germany with Hitler's rise to power. At 12, I found the excerpt from the book so interesting that I went to my local bookstore and ordered it. I can't say that I've run into too many people who as children found books from their school textbook, but for me, it made me look at my literature book in a new way!