Half Notes From Berlin | 
pickSet in 1933 Berlin, this story follows Hans, a teenage boy who learns of his own hidden Jewish ancestry just as Germany starts to turn on its own Jewish population. Hans falls for a Jewish girl complicating his legs even more. Story feels very authentic, was surprised to learn this is entirely fiction. Would have wished for more of a follow up on Hans and his love Rebecca after the story finished, but that was a little lacking
so-soI cannot even imagine the situation our male teenage protagonist finds himself in. Hans is German, safe from Hitler. Or so he thought. Suddenly, a skeleton in his family‘s closet is revealed – his grandparents on his mother‘s side were Jews who converted to Christianity. Stunned and feeling a bit lost and wanting to know more about his Jewish ancestry, he befriends Rebecca, the only Jewish girl he knows. Then he falls in love with her.
