Emil and Karl - Softcover

"This important book...gives a chilling portrait of a world descending into madness as experienced by two innocent children. The excellent translation effectively conveys the helplessness of the characters." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

"It's a clear, powerful novel that will bring today's readers very close to what it was like to be a child under Nazi occupation. . . . The fast-moving prose is stark and immediate. . . . The translation, sixty-five years after the novel's original publication, is nothing short of haunting." --Booklist, Starred Review

"Like 'The Diary of Anne Frank, ' Emil and Karl will stir adults, as well as the book's intended audience." --The New York Times

"Emil and Karl defies categorization. For a moment I feel as if I am in Vienna in 1940, that I am standing beside the author, watching the impossible unfold. I share his disbelief, his mute acceptance of a world turned upside down. The experience is more immediate than mere fiction, more memorable and more frightening." --Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now