My Thoughts -GIRL ON THE RUN (The Doktor's Daughter) by Nancy McDonald

 

Book Title:  GIRL ON THE RUN (The Doktor's Daughter) by Nancy McDonald
Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12),  174 pages
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher:  Iguana Books
Release date:   September, 2021
Format available for review:  print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: May 1 to May 19, 2023
Content Rating:  G. It's middle grade. No foul language. No sex scenes.

Book Description:

It's 1933 in Berlin. The Nazis have seized power, and for thirteen-year-old Amelie Meyer life is changing in ways she never could have imagined.

​Her new teacher is picking on Jewish students, her friends are starting to shun her for not joining their Aryan youth group and her father is getting remarried. As tensions mount at home and school, Amelie embarks on a perilous journey - with nothing less than her whole future at stake.

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Meet the Author:

Nancy McDonald began her career as a journalist on television programs that include W5, Canada AM and Marketplace before going on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. The Doktor's Daughter, the sequel to Girl on the Run, is her fourth novel. Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario where she revels in Shakespeare, treads the boards with the Perth County Players and works part-time at Fanfare Book, Stratford's only independent bookseller.

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My Thoughts 

GIRL ON THE RUN is a middle grade book that is written by Nancy McDonald. My 11 year old son and I read this together and we both really enjoyed it. We have read a few other of this author's work and have loved the historical detail she puts into them. 

In this story we meet,  Amelie Meyer. She is thirteen years old and she is watching her world change all around her. She is facing pressure to join an pro-white, anti Jewish group and she watches as her Jewish classmates are treated differently then everyone else. Her father has married a woman who is not a fan of children and is not very kind. The author does a great job introducing middle grade readers to the change in Germany during this time period. 

There are some great discussion questions at the end. My 11 year old loves everything WWII. It really has you think about what you read. I cannot wait until the next book, The Doktor's Daughter. 

Thank you to the author, publisher and IRead Book Tours for allowing me to read a copy of this book - all thoughts are my own. 

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Tour Schedule:

May 1 - Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 1 – My Reading Getaway – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 2 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / guest post / giveaway
May 2 – My Reading Getaway – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 3 - Diane’s Book Journal - book series spotlight / giveaway
May 3 – @regallywritten – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN
May 4 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 4 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 5 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 5 - Character Madness and Musings – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 9 – Celticlady's Reviews – book series spotlight / giveaway
May 9 -Connie's History Classroom – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 10 -Stephanie Jane – book series spotlight / giveaway
May 11 - Library Lady's Kid Lit - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / author interview / giveaway
May 11 – Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 12 -Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 11 - Library Lady's Kid Lit - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHR / giveaway
May 12 – Welcome To MLM Opinion’s Reviews – book review of THE DOKTORS DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 15 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / author interview / giveaway
May 15 -Connie's History Classroom – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 15 – @regallywritten – book review of THE DOKTORS DAUGHTER
May 16 –fundinmental – book series spotlight / giveaway
May 17 –Leanne bookstagram – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 17 -Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 17 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 18 -Liese's Blog – book series spotlight
May 18 - History from a Woman’s Perspective – book series spotlight
May 18 - Splashes of Joy - book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 18 – The Book Countess – book review of GIRL ON THE RUN / giveaway
May 19 –Leanne bookstagram – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 19 - Splashes of Joy - book review of THE DOKTOR'S DAUGHTER / giveaway
May 19 – The Book Countess – book review of THE DOKTOR’S DAUGHTER / giveaway

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