While searching his grandmother's attic for likely items to sell at a jumble sale Jeroen finds a scrapbook his grandmother made during World War II. It brings back painful memories for her and she tells Jeroen for the first time about her experiences as a girl living in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands and about he loss of her Jewish best friend. In this gripping, historically accurate graphic novel, ordinary people in different roles - from victim to bystander to perpetrator - make the most difficult, important decisions of their lives.

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Pan Macmillan .

Eric Heuvel is one of the top graphic artists in the Netherlands. He specialises in writing and illustrating educational graphic novels.