Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil
Author: Art Speigelman
Form: Graphic Novel
Length: 296 pages
Brief synopsis: An account of the narrator’s father’s experience of the Holocaust as a Polish Jew. All characters are depicted as mice, cats or dogs.
Age recommendation and challenging content: Explores and depicts the Holocaust in detail, as well as intergenerational trauma including depression, attempted suicide and the death of the narrator’s mother.
Notable reasons for recommending this book: Excellent introduction to / accompaniment to study of the Holocaust.