She criticizes Annie's clothes, hair, manners, and about everything else. To Magda, Annie is the most imperfect girl in the entire universe. No matter how hard she tries, Annie cannot seem to please her. Another important character in the book is Magda, Annie's stepmother. Her sister Sini tries to make up for lost time by going dancing every night, and Rachel has changed her religion to Christianity. Her mother is dead her father is distracted. When Annie returns home she finds that her family no longer knows one another. The other main characters are Annie's father and her oldest sister Rachel. She and jer sister Sini might have been killed if it weren't for the Oostervelds, the courageous family who hid them for three years. The main character in the sotry is a thirteen-year-old girl named Annie de Leeuw. The story takes place in Holland, and its about what happens to the members of a Jewish family after the war ends, and they return home. She would always be happy, and she wouldn't have to worry about any German soldiers trying to kill her because Johan would be there, and she would always be safe.Īfter reading "The Journey Back" I am more aware of the hardships, dangers, and deprivations Jews and others went through after World War II. I liked the parts when Annie went to the Oosterveld's house. It shows that Annie always thought of her family first, and her family was Johan, Dientje, and Opoe.I liked at lot of parts in this book. When she was afraid, happy, or sad, she would always think of Johan. She always thought of the Germans, she was so afraid of them."Later, Johan, later." No matter what happened, Johan was always the first person that Annie called to. The author always made Annie scared, and that was what made it interesting. They knocked down the door, stormed in, marching and stamping and shouting to the rhythm of their boots." This was one of Annie's dreams. One day, she would probably be with them again, and it would be for the rest of her life. Magda would not let her visit for a long time, though. Annie always visited Johan, Dientje, and Opoe too. Annie was always home with Magda, which she now called Mother. After Ies and Magda (his new wife) got married, Nel (Magda's daughter) went to finishing school. Ies told Rachel to go to a different town, because she and his wife-to-be were just a couple of years apart, and he said that it would never work. He decided to marry a woman that had lost her husband in the war. Then, Ies (Annie's father) decided that Annie needed a mother, not just her sisters. Sini left to be a nurse in a different town. Rachel became a Christian, and she spent most of her time reading the Bible. Every night, Sini went out and danced with the soldiers. When everyone was home, including the girls' father, nothing was back to normal. She lived with another family during the war. Their oldest sister, Rachel, was back too. After the war ended, Annie and Sini had to go back to their real home. Annie and Sini grew very close with Johan, Dientje, and Opoe (the Oostervelds). The Oostervelds lived in Usselo, a very small town in Holland. Annie and her sister Sini hid in the Oosterveld's house. Every time he came across a Jew, he would kill them. Title of the book: The Journey BackBy: Johanna ReissReviewed by: M.
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