Someone Named Eva is a piece of historical fiction set in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It illustrates the story of a young girl named Milada who is taken from her home in Czechoslovakia and brought to a Nazi school/camp for girls in Poland. While at the camp, she is given a new name, Eva, and a new identity to go along with it. Milada struggles to come to terms with her new identity and her new life as a woman in Nazi Germany. When the war is over and her people are liberated, she then struggles through the aftermath of the war and what it means for her future.
I found this book to be a thoroughly interesting reading experience. It highlighted a part of the Holocaust not often examined–the brainwashing and grooming of kidnapped girls, and their reintegration into society as German women. Milada’s character is also written very well. Although she lived differently from the girls of today in many ways, she is also human and imperfect and expresses her emotions in ways that make her relatable to all.
I’d highly recommend this book to any young girls–or any young people, really–who love historical fiction. You take away a lot more about the Holocaust after reading this book, and the people involved in it. The characters are all unique and relatable in their own ways, and the author uses such descriptive and well-chosen language throughout the book.
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