The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II

<p><b>***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show***</b><br><br><b>***As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show***<br><br></b><b>&#147;Michael Rosen is a master of pace and clarity&#133; Essential reading.&#148;</b><b> &#150; </b><b><i>The Time</i>s Children&#146;s Book of the Week</b><br><br><b>&#147;</b><b>Five stars ... extraordinary and affecting. </b><b>&#148;</b><b> &#150;</b><b> <i>The Telegraph</i> Children</b><b>&#146;s Book of the Week</b><br><br><b>&#147;</b><b>Rosen handles the difficult topic as sensitively and thoughtfully as you would expect always writing in a straightforward and accessible way for children.</b><b>&#148;</b><b> &#150; BookTrust the UK</b><b>&#146;s largest reading charity</b><br><br><b>A personal powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children&#146;s authors. </b>By turns charming shocking and heart-breaking this is the true story of Michael Rosen&#146;s search for his relatives who &#147;went missing&#148; during the Second World War &#150; told through prose poetry maps and pictures. <br><br>When Michael was growing up stories often hung in the air about his great-uncles: one was a clock-mender and the other a dentist. <i>They were there before the war</i> his dad would say <i>and weren&#146;t after</i>. <br><br>Over many years Michael tried to find out exactly what happened: he interviewed family members scoured the internet pored over books and traveled to America and France. The story he uncovered was one of terrible persecution &#150; and it has inspired his poetry for years since. <br><br>Here poems old and new are balanced against an immensely readable narrative; both an extraordinary account and a powerful tool for talking to children about the Holocaust.<br><br><b>Supported and checked by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.</b><br><br><b>&#147;F</b><b>ascinating chilling and poignantly personal</b><b>&#148; &#150; <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br><b>&#147;</b><i><b>The Missing</b></i> <b>may ostensibly concern the Holocaust but as Rosen makes clear this is a book about facing down prejudice defying those who would sow the seeds of hatred and opening our arms to those in need.</b><b>&#148;</b><b> &#150; </b><i><b>Independent</b></i></p>