Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II - Michael Rosen

***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show*** ***As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show*** "Michael Rosen is a master of pace and clarity... Essential reading." - The Times Children's Book of the Week "Five stars ... extraordinary and affecting. " - The Telegraph Children's Book of the Week "Rosen handles the difficult topic as sensitively and thoughtfully as you would expect always writing in a straightforward and accessible way for children." - BookTrust the UK's largest reading charity A personal powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's authors. By turns charming shocking and heart-breaking this is the true story of Michael Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during the Second World War - told through prose poetry maps and pictures. When Michael was growing up stories often hung in the air about his great-uncles: one was a clock-mender and the other a dentist. They were there before the war his dad would say and weren't after. Over many years Michael tried to find out exactly what happened: he interviewed family members scoured the internet pored over books and traveled to America and France. The story he uncovered was one of terrible persecution - and it has inspired his poetry for years since. Here poems old and new are balanced against an immensely readable narrative; both an extraordinary account and a powerful tool for talking to children about the Holocaust. Supported and checked by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. "Fascinating chilling and poignantly personal" - Financial Times "The Missing may ostensibly concern the Holocaust but as Rosen makes clear this is a book about facing down prejudice defying those who would sow the seeds of hatred and opening our arms to those in need." - Independent