My Brother's Shadow

As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His father died in the war and his older brother still risks his life in the trenches, but his mother does not support the patriotic cause and attends subversive socialist meetings. While his mother participates in the revolution to sweep away the monarchy, Moritz falls in love with a Jewish girl who also is a socialist. When Moritz's brother returns home a bitter, maimed war veteran, ready to blame Germany's defeat on everything but the old order, Moritz must choose between his allegiance to his dangerously radicalized brother and those who usher in the new democracy.

Author: Monika Schroder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 09/27/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780374351229

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 147166 / My Brother's Shadow

Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2011
Booklist 10/01/2011 pg. 87
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2011
School Library Journal 11/01/2011 pg. 137
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 113 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author

Monika Schröder grew up in Germany and has worked as an elementary school teacher and librarian in American international schools in Egypt, Oman, Chile and India. She now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her husband and their dog, Frank. My Brother's Shadow is her third novel.

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