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Thursday, 5 May 2011

Maus Part I & II

 
Maus: Part I & II
By: Art Spiegelman
Age: Grade 7+
Rating: 9/10
Before I begin this review, I want to make it clear that this novel is actually a graphic novel. It is one of the best forms of literature that I have ever read and I highly encourage you to read it for yourself and for your students/kids. This book takes on the story of a man's father who has survived WWII. It tells the story of a Jewish community that survives the concentration camps and all the details and things he had to do to get away from death. The Jews are viewed as mice in the book, as nazi are cats and the Americans are dogs. This story is a great way to start up a history unit, as it covers several aspects of society during WWII, along with a lot of relevant wars information and geography. This story is truly interesting and one that will keep you turning the pages. I do not want to give a lot of it away, as it is a quick read (took me about an hour) and is perfect for kids that do not enjoy picking up an intimidating book with 100 pages and small font.
Enjoy!
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36 comments:

  1. CPH5 May 2011 at 14:45

    This looks intense. I'm interested in picking this up.

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  2. Leo`5 May 2011 at 15:29

    I have ye to try a graphic novel. Will they show ok on a Kindle?

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  3. Teen Book Reviewer5 May 2011 at 15:35

    I bet. Maus is a black and white IF you can find it.

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  4. Blogging Skater5 May 2011 at 15:43

    sounds like a good book, i like wwii/holocaust books

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  5. Gheko5 May 2011 at 15:44

    My little brother loves this kinda stuff, I might get it for his birthday!

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  6. Dave Benzene5 May 2011 at 16:00

    Looks pretty interesting, I'll have to try to get my hands on this

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  7. Triper5 May 2011 at 16:05

    Weird book :) but i like rew.

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  8. lacrosseman5 May 2011 at 16:28

    when i have more time, i will look for it on my kindle

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  9. Unknown5 May 2011 at 16:41

    My Grandpa was in WW2, he stormed the beach. He is the coolest guy I know, he is 91. We can't even imagine.

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  10. Brian5 May 2011 at 16:42

    Book sounds interesting.

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  11. Anonymous5 May 2011 at 17:03

    I like how they used the cats as the nazis and mice as the jews. Going to check it out, it sound like it will be a mindtrip :D

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  12. Penguin Tamer5 May 2011 at 17:58

    Well this is... unique. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. stray dog5 May 2011 at 18:32

    thanks for the comment! and i absolutely loved reading this when i was younger. i was enthralled with world war 2, particularly nazi germany, and my school library had this. i must've read it a dozen times over.

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  14. Common5 May 2011 at 19:01

    The only issue I had was the irony of real world dogs being entirely happy to eat real world mice. Apart from that I loved it.

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  15. Anonymous5 May 2011 at 19:02

    LOL look how mouse is spelled... lul

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  16. Shift5 May 2011 at 19:17

    I love graphic novels, and the art of this one looks awesome.

    I'll check this.

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  17. Anonymous5 May 2011 at 19:25

    Nice review man, I'll be checking back for more reviews for sure.

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  18. ChaCha5 May 2011 at 20:12

    Looks like interesting read! Will be back for more :)

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  19. KievZenit5 May 2011 at 21:44

    That book is awesome, I remember reading it back in high school.

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  20. Genj05 May 2011 at 22:08

    Found it really interesting, following, keep it coming!

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  21. Something Wycked5 May 2011 at 22:08

    I do love WW2 things, but I've not really tried out graphic novels... Might have to give this one a try.

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  22. Armagedda5 May 2011 at 22:36

    Sounds like an interesting read/view. I've never read a graphic novel before, perhaps it's time to dip my feet in...

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  23. zeroskyy5 May 2011 at 23:21

    This is really interesting. I'll actually give graphic novels a try.

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  24. R.C5 May 2011 at 23:42

    Yeah, I really want to check this out, and at the same time I kind of don't because of the depressing subject matter. Maybe if I run across it, I'll see how I'm feeling that day...

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  25. Innov8 Graphics5 May 2011 at 23:49

    Found this very interesting, thanks for informing me!

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  26. Careface6 May 2011 at 02:08

    Nice review

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  27. VenomForMasses6 May 2011 at 02:52

    Great review, will check it out!

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  28. ZACK6 May 2011 at 03:06

    weird cover haha

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  29. BTN Hip Hop6 May 2011 at 03:31

    this is an amazing book, amazing illustrations and writing

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  30. mious6 May 2011 at 03:39

    sounds cool, I just might read it

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  31. Pappa Püllï6 May 2011 at 04:08

    Really nice read, i can completly find in points of your blog! Keep it up =]

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  32. mindlessfrk6 May 2011 at 05:07

    Amazing comparison at the time WWII, looks pretty good :D

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  33. Sean6 May 2011 at 05:35

    Sounds good. It being a graphic novel is a big plus too.

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  34. Oivvad6 May 2011 at 06:43

    This is one of my very favourite graphic novels. Perfect allegories in the animals used for each country. A powerful and moving story. I was very pleased to find this as soon as I landed on your blog, so +FOLLOW!

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  35. rakoth6 May 2011 at 07:27

    Sound very interesting, i'll deffinetely check it out.

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  36. Atley8 May 2011 at 10:48

    this is funny to me because the "good guys" the dogs, are supposed to save the mice I would think. but my dog is very good at catching and disbatching mice. soooo... go figure.

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