#MMGM: Alias Anna by Susan Hood with Greg Dawson
ALIAS ANNA A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood with Greg Dawson Harper, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-06-308389-9 Source: purchased Ages 10 and up All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book cover provided by the publisher through Goodreads.com. REVIEW Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya grew up in an Ukraine under Russian control. Still, despite the family's poverty and Jewish heritage, the girls developed into piano prodigies, attending an elite music school, and even helping pay their family's way. When World War II arrived on their doorstep, everything changed as the Nazis put them under surveillance before arresting all the Jews in town and marching them away to be killed. Zhanna's daring nature helped feed her family during this difficult time. On the final march, her father bribes a guard into letting her escape telling her, "I don't care what you do. Just live." Later, Zhanna meets up with her sister, who somehow unknown to this day, managed to escape al...