Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch skilfully evokes the pain and fear of young Nadia, who immigrates to Brantford at the end of the Second World War. Nadia can’t separate the nightmare from the reality: why does she remember a father in Nazi uniform and, at the same time, the fear and starvation of the displaced persons’ camp?

Skrypuch, who has solid reputation for writing first-rate historical fiction for young adults, uses the backdrop of Nazi Germany’s Lebensborn program to tell Nadia’s gripping story. Jean Mills, Guelph Mercury.

This is a bittersweet story that brings to life an aspect of the Nazi regime that is perhaps not so well known. While not as physically horrifying as other acts the Nazis perpetrated , it is an awful "experiment" that tore families apart, and ruined the lives of hundreds of thousands of children. The book is a compelling read, and coupled with its shortness is a fast read. The book's brevity does not however affect the power of emotion contained within its pages nor the development of Nadia's character. The reader connects with Nadia as a person and feels great anguish with her as she also learns who she is and what has happened to her. N. Manning, Back to Books