By Hiba Noor Khan, paperback £7.99,
8-14 years fiction
(reviewed by Octavia)

Even though this book is meant for children, it really moved me, and I learnt so much. Based on real events, it tells the story of the Muslims in the Grand Mosque in Paris, and how many Jews they saved during the war. They made papers for them, they warned them of danger, they even went as far as to hide them within the safety of the walls of the mosque before guiding their escape, in the underground networks of Paris. Such a compassionate and eloquently written story, that vividly brings to light, the plight and courage of those perhaps forgotten, despite the magnitude of what they did.