Brilliant, important and absolutely heartbreaking. It's one of the best fictional accounts of the Holocaust I've read . . . For anyone who's read and enjoyed The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Between Shades of Gray * Wondrous Reads *

Zail's depictions of camp horrors is well judged for teen readership and her descriptions of Hannah's musical performances for Karl are a powerful way of connecting the reader with her character emotions * Jewish Chronicle *

Archie's War is a wondrous thing and it's a wonder that will last and last . . . it's so - crafted, so carefully, wonderfully put together by him. I love it. So the tangibility of this book is beautiful, the weight of it, the truth of it is all something we get given before we've even opened the page. And when we do, we're given a lovely hybrid of comic strip, stuck in objects and fold out letters - all of which make the reading a continual joy. You move left, right, up, down - you interact with the text and you get involved in it. You're an active reader, you're an engaged reader - you cannot read Archie's War passively. This is smart, clever stuff and it's stuff which is making me sad that it's taken this long for me to talk about non-fiction. * Did You Ever Stop to Think *

A tragic, poignant tale of loss, love and survival, but most of all it is a tale about human cruelty and kindness. * Children's Books Ireland Recommended Read *