The Book of Names

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Eva is blamed by her mother for every bad thing that happens and every bad thing that might ever happen and her mother's presence in the story weighed negatively on the more important matters in the story. Another well-written book about WWII and the tenacious women who fought, usually indirectly, against the Nazis!

She didn’t have any mental disabilities to be clear and I didn’t think she was meant to be portrayed as a bad mother, that’s why I think her characterization wasn’t good. Her own need for documents that pass Nazi scrutiny draws her into a life of secrecy and danger and soon she's one of the most prolific forgers in France. Before the uprising and the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Archive was buried for safekeeping. Nila Aye's stunning pictures reflect the theme of the names on each page - from food to fairies to space - and it's impossible not to read it with a smile.Helping the children makes Eva feel like she “can bring some light to the world, even in the midst of all the darkness. This book is more than 10 years old, so if you’re looking to blow people away with a modern choice of baby name – quirky spellings and all – think again. Eva became Catholic and began practicing Catholicism - we learn this from her mother, not from Eva herself. There are 36 Lamed Vovniks in each generation, righteous people on whom the existence of the world as we know it depends.

Since she has to escape with her mother now, she is given blank documents and supplies to forge their own documents. If she helps the resistance group, her mother has a place to stay and she feels like she is doing her part to get back at the Germans and she can’t do anything to help her father. People of all nationalities risked and gave their lives in the fight against those persecuting and killing those deemed undesirable by oppressive leaders.Eva becomes increasingly important to the resistance movement, but things become tricky as she forms relationships with the other members. Anyone hoping for a formula will be disappointed but she does point out how fashion, religion, culture, travel – and negative personal experiences can affect naming. Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.