Riva's Reality: A Childhood Stolen by Hitler - Paperback

by Anna Vorozhtsova (Author), Forest Grove Elementary Class of 2022 (Illustrator), A. Book Me (Author)

The parents of young Riva and her sister Inna had no choice but to leave Romania after the Nazi invasion in 1940. Jewish people, like them, were being killed for no reason, and their bodies were placed in mass graves. As Riva's family traveled by train, there were bombings that could have cost them their lives, but they made it safely to Russia, where they survived the war. Riva's powerful story was told by young author Anna Vorozhtsova, who began writing this story just days after a war began in her own country. Sadly, there are many parallels to Riva's story and her own, as Anna was forced to leave Ukraine.