Someone Named Eva

Joan M. Wolf

Sep 2009 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

On the night Nazi soldiers come to her home in Czechoslovakia, Milada's grandmother says, "Remember, Milada. Remember who you are. Always." Milada promises, but she doesn't understand her grandmother's words. After all, she is Milada, who lives with her mama and papa, her brother and sister, and her beloved Babichka. Milada, eleven years old, the fastest runner in school. How could she ever forget?

Then the Nazis take Milada away from her family and send her to a Lebensborn center in Poland. There, she is told she fits the Aryan ideal: her blond hair and blue eyes are the right color; her head and nose, the right size. She is given a new name, Eva, and trained to become the perfect German citizen, to be the hope of Germany's future--and to forget she was ever a Czech girl named Milada.

Inspired by real events, this fascinating novel sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Nazi agenda and movingly portrays a young girl's struggle to hold on to her identity and her hope in the face of a regime intent on destroying both.

Ratings and reviews

I was 9 when my teacher decided to recommend this to me, and it was read in 2 days. This is a wonderful story of hope and knowledge of the holocaust that will definitely keep children and adults reading.

I LOVED the book! It adds a new perspective to our view of the Holocaust. We're used to hearing what it was like to be Jewish in that era (just look at Ann Frank) but rarely is there a book that tells about what life was like for captured, so-called “Aryan” children. Wrote a report on this book and enjoyed every minute of it.

It's is an amazing story and a girl who had to go through the toughest things to get back to her family it toatly touched my heart if you like stories about Germans then you'll love this!

About the author

Joan M. Wolf’s research for SOMEONE NAMED EVA took her to the Czech Republic, where her great-grandmother was born. She lives in Minnesota.