My Family for the War
Voorhoeve, Anne C.
Kaley Byerly
March 5, 2014
7-2
Ziska Mangold/ Frances Shepard
Gary Shepard
Amanda Shepard & Matthew Shepard
Papa & Mamu
Settings
Summary
At the start of World War II, ten- year old Franziska Mangold is torn from her family when she boards the kindertransport in Berlin, Germany. The train secretly took nearly 10,000 children out of Nazi territory to safety in London, England. Franziska is taken in by strangers who soon become more like family than her real parents. Frances, her name in London, pieces together a new life with the help of her friends and foster family. She doesn't know when or if she will see her true family again. Later on in the book, once the war starts, she is evacuated to the country without her foster parents. She is put in another house with complete strangers, who aren't so nice. In the end she reuniutes with her foster family and is reunited with her mom. Over all, Frances struggles through identity, family, love, and these shape her into a charming young women.