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Parallel Journeys

Parallel Journeys

BiographyBiography & Memoir
Pages
244
Published
1995
Language
English

Synopsis

This book tells the parallel stories of Helen Waterford, a German-Jew facing persecution, and Alfons Heck, a fervent member of the Hitler Youth during WWII. Discover how their lives, on opposing sides of a devastating conflict, intersected and what fates awaited them.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalReflectiveInformativeDark
Dual TimelineSurvival

Genres

Biography Biography & Memoir History World War II

About the author

E
Eleanor H. Ayer

Eleanor H. Ayer is an American writer who specializes in historical non-fiction and biographies for young readers. She is best known for Parallel Journeys, which follows the lives of two people during the Holocaust. Her work focuses on making twentieth-century history easy to understand through personal stories.