In My Enemy's House

Anne Hutchings, a former elementary-school teacher-librarian with the
Durham Board of Education, is an educational consultant.

When the Nazis invade Poland and begin herding the Jews into ghettos,
Marisa, with her blonde hair and blue eyes, is able to escape the fate
of the rest of her family by assuming the identity of a Polish
Christian. Ironically, she ends up in the heart of Germany working for a
high-ranking Nazi, Herr Reymann, and his family. Alone, afraid, and
wanting to die, Marisa fears and hates the Reymanns. But how can you
hate people who are so kind, who treat you like a sister? Eventually
Marisa finds that there is sometimes good in the face of evil, and that
it is possible to love the sinner while hating the sin.

Carol Matas enters familiar territory yet again in this new novel about
the Holocaust. Although fictional, Marisa’s predicament seems very
real, and, as usual, the author does not gloss over the atrocities
committed by the Nazis. Intermediate-grade students will find this
gripping story difficult to put down. Recommended.