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Scholastic Press (2021), 459 pages
Description
In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.
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LibraryThing member susan0316
This wonderful, insightful novel begins in 1946 when Eva is arriving in New City from the rubble of Berlin. She's taking care of a young girl who can't speak for herself. Brigit has been unable to speak since a terrible event happened to her during the war. Eva works to make everyone believe that
When Eva was growing up in Berlin during the war, she believed the rhetoric of the Nazis. Her parents and the rest of the family followed Nazi beliefs and were enamored with Hitler. As the war continued and she learned more about the concentration camps and the treatment of Jewish people, the more she turned away from Nazi beliefs. When the war ends in defeat, she begins to question everything and works to help other people and get revenge for them on the people who treated them so cruelly.
This book was well written and it is apparent that a lot of research was done. I had never heard of project Bluebird and spent some time on goggle learning about it. This book has it all - it's full of suspense, friendship and a bit of romance. It's full of twists and turns and hope that Eva finds the guilty people before they find her and kill her.
This was a book that I didn't want to put down and now I know that I need to check out earlier books by this author.
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she is in America to start a new life but the truth is that she holds a deadly secret. She has been asked by the CIA to participate in project Bluebird - a plan to find a Nazi doctor who was working on developing mind control and is hiding in the US to avoid Nuremberg trials. The doctor worked on his theory using prisoners in the concentration camps with no regard to whether they lived or died due to his experiments. Once he is found, the government plans to make sure that he stays free and works for them to further develop mind control. Eva agreed to help to get out of Germany but her plan is much different -- she wants revenge for all of the atrocities that were performed on the prisoners at the camps. When Eva was growing up in Berlin during the war, she believed the rhetoric of the Nazis. Her parents and the rest of the family followed Nazi beliefs and were enamored with Hitler. As the war continued and she learned more about the concentration camps and the treatment of Jewish people, the more she turned away from Nazi beliefs. When the war ends in defeat, she begins to question everything and works to help other people and get revenge for them on the people who treated them so cruelly.
This book was well written and it is apparent that a lot of research was done. I had never heard of project Bluebird and spent some time on goggle learning about it. This book has it all - it's full of suspense, friendship and a bit of romance. It's full of twists and turns and hope that Eva finds the guilty people before they find her and kill her.
This was a book that I didn't want to put down and now I know that I need to check out earlier books by this author.
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LibraryThing member muddyboy
The novel starts with dual stories - In one two "German" girls are escaping from their country as Hitler falls. Their father is a Nazi doctor. The second story is about two recent immigrant girls new to America. As the book develops the book loses focus on the "German" pair and hones in the
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American duo. This book has a different kind of Holocaust twist as the girls are not Jewish. The title Bluebird comes from a secret Nazi program to totally change people into something they are not The novel seems a little advanced for the seventh grade and up audience it is projected for. Show Less
LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35
This novel, set in Germany and the U.S. after World War II, reads like a compelling thriller. Eva arrives in the U.S. with secrets and a mission to kill her father. As she attempts to unravel her own complicated past, Eva wants justice - something government agents (both American and Soviet) stand
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in the way of as they try to recruit her father. All of which makes for a compelling read, one that went by faster than I expected. I also appreciated the complicated and nuanced conversations about justice, morality, and war crimes that this book raised and managed to present from multiple perspectives. Show Less
LibraryThing member fromthecomfychair
Sometimes, I get WWII historical fiction fatigue, because it seems there is so much of it compared to any other historical period. Fully one-quarter of the historical fiction titles on my library's teen department shelves are devoted to some aspect of WWII. And some of the best of teen historical
Bluebird is going to be added to the list of the best. It's a well-written, couldn't put-downable book set in Germany and America, at the end of the war. Its heroine is a German girl who discovers the sins of her father, a Nazi doctor, and determines that she will go to America where her father has fled, and she will mete out the justice he deserves.
I really hate when I need to be doing something else, but I just can't stop reading, as happened to me on Sunday morning. There is a thriller wrapped within this historical fiction, and it carries you through at break-neck speed.
Although this book is marketed as young adult, it could easily be enjoyed by adults, and I wouldn't recommend it to younger teens.
If I gave it less than 5 full stars, it's only because at the beginning, the author seems to be alternating between two completely separate stories. It makes sense later, but I was confused at the beginning.
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fiction is set during WWII: The Book Thief, and Code Name Verity, for example.Bluebird is going to be added to the list of the best. It's a well-written, couldn't put-downable book set in Germany and America, at the end of the war. Its heroine is a German girl who discovers the sins of her father, a Nazi doctor, and determines that she will go to America where her father has fled, and she will mete out the justice he deserves.
I really hate when I need to be doing something else, but I just can't stop reading, as happened to me on Sunday morning. There is a thriller wrapped within this historical fiction, and it carries you through at break-neck speed.
Although this book is marketed as young adult, it could easily be enjoyed by adults, and I wouldn't recommend it to younger teens.
If I gave it less than 5 full stars, it's only because at the beginning, the author seems to be alternating between two completely separate stories. It makes sense later, but I was confused at the beginning.
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LibraryThing member HeatherLINC
Eva is the daughter of a powerful Nazi doctor who carried out mind-control experiments of various victims. Growing up in Berlin, Eva and her best friend, Annemarie, believed the rhetoric of the Nazis, however, now that the Germans have been defeated, Eva has learnt more about what happened in the
Now a refugee in New York and caring for her traumatised friend, Eva is on a mission - to seek revenge on her father for the crimes he committed during the war. Both girls have survived horrible atrocities and their stories are heartbreaking.
I loved the people at Powell House where Annemarie and Eva end up staying. Some were actual people and others were fictional, but they were all complex, well-developed and varied, and each contributed to the story. I loved how they welcomed the two girls with open arms and provided them with a sanctuary where they could rest and recover.
"Bluebird" was a well-researched novel which gave a different aspect to WWII. Full of twist and turns it was an intense read with drama, chase scenes and romance. It also had some darker issues including murder, suicide, sexual assault, animal cruelty and human experimentation. As such, I would only recommend this novel to older students. However, as a lover of history, I found it a compelling read.
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concentration camps and has moved away from their ideals.Now a refugee in New York and caring for her traumatised friend, Eva is on a mission - to seek revenge on her father for the crimes he committed during the war. Both girls have survived horrible atrocities and their stories are heartbreaking.
I loved the people at Powell House where Annemarie and Eva end up staying. Some were actual people and others were fictional, but they were all complex, well-developed and varied, and each contributed to the story. I loved how they welcomed the two girls with open arms and provided them with a sanctuary where they could rest and recover.
"Bluebird" was a well-researched novel which gave a different aspect to WWII. Full of twist and turns it was an intense read with drama, chase scenes and romance. It also had some darker issues including murder, suicide, sexual assault, animal cruelty and human experimentation. As such, I would only recommend this novel to older students. However, as a lover of history, I found it a compelling read.
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LibraryThing member JRobinW
Powerful historical novel about a true CIA project that was/is cruel.
Awards
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2023)
Iowa High School Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Magnolia Book Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2024)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2022)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (High School — 2023)