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It is April 1944 and Margit, a Czechoslovakian Jew, has fled the Nazis with her pregnant mother, leaving her father behind in a concentration camp, and hoping to find a new home in Canada. Home Free, by Kathy Kacer, opens on a ship headed for Halifax, where, despite the prohibitive restrictions of the recent past, officials have agreed to admit the family, conditionally, as refugees.
The mother and daughter eventually settle near Toronto's Kensington Market, in a small apartment over a tailor shop, and Margit soon meets her first Canadian friend, Alice, when Alice rescues her from a shopkeeper who has wrongfully accused Margit of stealing. At school, Alice becomes not only Margit's #1 ESL helper, but also her staunchest ally against the resident anti-semitic bully. These incidents—the shopkeeper's mistaken harassment and the schoolyard bullying—will no doubt bring the seemingly faraway persecution Margit has endured into sharp relief for today's young (8 to 12-year-old) readers.
As part of Penguin's "Our Canadian Girl" series, Home Free includes a historical introduction to contextualize the story and provides a plot that trots along at a fast clip in simple language. Moreover, it meets its mandate in creating a "strong, smart, courageous" role model. The novel is, at its root, a morality tale that asks, "Is it worth standing up for our differences?" For Margit, that question is difficult to answer. Although she has formed friendships, and is beginning to feel more secure in Toronto, she is haunted by the sense of otherness that has forced her into exile. Finally, it is the power of expression that helps her to feel truly integrated. Margit's teacher asks her to keep a journal, and through her entries she finds not only respite, but eventually a public recognition of her hardships.
Heather Birrell (Books in Canada)
-- Books in Canada
The mother and daughter eventually settle near Toronto's Kensington Market, in a small apartment over a tailor shop, and Margit soon meets her first Canadian friend, Alice, when Alice rescues her from a shopkeeper who has wrongfully accused Margit of stealing. At school, Alice becomes not only Margit's #1 ESL helper, but also her staunchest ally against the resident anti-semitic bully. These incidents—the shopkeeper's mistaken harassment and the schoolyard bullying—will no doubt bring the seemingly faraway persecution Margit has endured into sharp relief for today's young (8 to 12-year-old) readers.
As part of Penguin's "Our Canadian Girl" series, Home Free includes a historical introduction to contextualize the story and provides a plot that trots along at a fast clip in simple language. Moreover, it meets its mandate in creating a "strong, smart, courageous" role model. The novel is, at its root, a morality tale that asks, "Is it worth standing up for our differences?" For Margit, that question is difficult to answer. Although she has formed friendships, and is beginning to feel more secure in Toronto, she is haunted by the sense of otherness that has forced her into exile. Finally, it is the power of expression that helps her to feel truly integrated. Margit's teacher asks her to keep a journal, and through her entries she finds not only respite, but eventually a public recognition of her hardships.
Heather Birrell (Books in Canada)
-- Books in Canada
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As World War II rages in Europe, Margit and her mother are forced to flee their home in Czechoslovakia and seek refuge in Canada. They are Jews, and although life is difficult in this unfamiliar land, they know life would have been much, much worse had they stayed behind. Many of their neighbours in Kensington Market, the area of Toronto where they have settled, are refugees like themselves, but there are others who look at Margit with suspicion and hostility. And although Margit manages to make some new friends, she cannot help wondering what will happen to her when the war ends. Will she and her mother be sent back to Czechoslovakia? And will they ever be able to find her father, who was taken away by the Nazis before they left?
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Margit:Home Free,
By Rachel Colford (Canada,Ns) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Our Canadian Girl: Margit 1 Home Free (Paperback)
Margit is Jewish so her and her mother have to escape to Canada unless something terrible will happen.So,they get to Toronto and their cousin helps with some things.Margit finds some friends .And she learns her english very fast.
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This review is from: Our Canadian Girl: Margit 1 Home Free (Paperback)
Margit is Jewish so her and her mother have to escape to Canada unless something terrible will happen.So,they get to Toronto and their cousin helps with some things.Margit finds some friends .And she learns her english very fast.
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