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We Had To Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson

With the same attention to detail and straightforward writing style readers have come to appreciate from her, Deborah Hopkinson looks at how the rescue operation of Jewish children from Nazi occupied Europe, known as the Kindertransport, was able to saved approximately 10,000 young people. In the first half of this fascinating history ,  Hopkinson details Hitler's rise to power and ties its impact into the lives of a number of Jewish families. Most people don't realize just how widespread anti-Semitic feelings were in 1930s Germany, but as Hitler became more popular, as his followers increased, many Jews who had believed themselves to be as German as their non-Jewish neighbors began to experience a definite change. For example, Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps for no reason, prohibitions were enacted so that Jews in civil service lost their jobs, Jews couldn't go to the movies or visit a park, Jewish children were no longer allowed to attend German s...
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The Sunday Post (1): Book Haul, News, & New Cover!

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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

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First thing is first...

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! Hope you are all able to have a wonderful time with your families today!
Now...onto business. I will now be doing The Sunday Post instead of In My Mailbox each week. I want to thank Kimba for hosting this great meme!

Book News:

Fall to Pieces by Vahini Naidoo finally has a cover! Check it out:

Synopsis via Goodreads
When your best friend dies, you’re supposed to know what happened. You’re supposed to know why.

But Ella has no idea what happened the night Amy jumped to her death. She has no idea why Amy would want to die.

Ella’s other friends, Mark and Petal, are hiding something. Ella thinks they know exactly what happened that terrible night. But they’re not talking. Instead, Ella, Mark, and Petal play Pick Me Ups—a game in which they jump from dangerous heights. And every time Ella falls, she begins to remember pieces of that night. . .

It’s still not enough. So Ella brings a mysterious new guy into the group, hoping he will help shake things up and unearth the truth. But Ella’s “Explosive Boy” has secrets of his own.

And there may be some secrets that Ella doesn’t want to face. The truth – the real truth – about Amy’s death might just be more than she can handle.


Blog News (Past) :

Excerpt Part #2: ReVamped by Ada Adams
Going Under eBook Giveaway!
Guest Post: Love of the Bad Boy by Georgia Cates
Waiting on Wednesday: The Friday Society!
Review: Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Amazing Deal: River of Time Series by Lisa T. Bergen
Goddess Interrupted Giveaway!

Blog News (Future) :

So I've got a lot of stuff planned for this week. There will be a giveaway of Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach. I'm also hoping to post reviews of The Immortal Rules, Fracture, Love & Leftovers, and possibly some other books. There will also be some Noteworthy Passages posts. Thanks to Georgia Cates, I'll be posting an excerpt of her YA novel, Going Under, which there is currently a giveaway for on my blog right now. You can see what I'm giving away above this post.

Also, May 18th will be my 3rd Blogoversary! Starting that morning I will be posting giveaways galore. I have around 10 planned contests, mostly US only but the International giveaway is off the chain. Just sayin'.

And in case y'all haven't noticed, I'm awfully close to that 1500 followers mark. :)

Book Haul (What I got last week) :





Bought for Kindle
~Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ($1.99)
~Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ($1.99)
~Soulless by Gail Carriger ($0.99)

For Review from Netgalley/LB
~A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
 
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Well that is what's coming up on my blog soon, news, and the wonderful books I got this past week. If you'd like to join The Sunday Post meme simply follow the link in the description to Kimba's blog. Hope you all got some good books this past week and have a great Mother's Day everyone. :D
 
 






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