Review
`Auslander should prove to be a breakthrough into the top league for Dowswell, a hugely impressive thriller set during the Second World War ... There will be many adults sneakily borrowing this from their children' -- The Bookseller, February 2009
`Ausländer is a superlative, at times almost agonisingly compelling, piece of historical fiction ... The climactic escape to freedom is pure muck-sweat tension'
The Financial Times -- The Financial Times
`An exceptional novel, persuasive in its details, with an utterly compelling story and powerful message' -- Anne Poole, Books Quarterly, January 2009
`This wartime adventure story is thrilling and chilling, a thought-provoking tale that looks at the effects of fascism on society and the family'
-- Big Issue, Scotland
`An unusual war-story of intense excitement'
--School Librarian
`A good historical novel that opens up new layers of understanding for the reader: offering fresh perspectives on something you thought you knew a bit about; beaming a bright light onto some of history's darkest moments, revealing a panoply of unexpected, neglected characters . . . A gripping read' --NATE Classroom Issue 11
`Extremely powerful and compelling. I loved it because it's not the usual WWII book that one would expect'
--The Teacher
`Ausländer is a superlative, at times almost agonisingly compelling, piece of historical fiction ... The climactic escape to freedom is pure muck-sweat tension'
The Financial Times -- The Financial Times
`An exceptional novel, persuasive in its details, with an utterly compelling story and powerful message' -- Anne Poole, Books Quarterly, January 2009
`This wartime adventure story is thrilling and chilling, a thought-provoking tale that looks at the effects of fascism on society and the family'
-- Big Issue, Scotland
`An unusual war-story of intense excitement'
--School Librarian
`A good historical novel that opens up new layers of understanding for the reader: offering fresh perspectives on something you thought you knew a bit about; beaming a bright light onto some of history's darkest moments, revealing a panoply of unexpected, neglected characters . . . A gripping read' --NATE Classroom Issue 11
`Extremely powerful and compelling. I loved it because it's not the usual WWII book that one would expect'
--The Teacher
Review
'A breakthrough into the top league for Dowswell, a hugely impressive thriller set during the Second World War There will be many adults sneakily borrowing this from their children' The Bookseller 'Doswell is one of the best new writers of historical fiction for children [Auslander] steps outside the victim culture of novels such as those by Morris Gleitzman and comes close to classics such as 'The Silver Sword'. Admirers of 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' should look at this novel as a model of imaginative sympathy' The Times 'An exceptional novel, persuasive in its details, with an utterly compelling story and powerful message' Waterstones Books Quarterly 'Auslander is a superlative, at times almost agonisingly compelling, piece of historical fiction The climactic escape to freedom is pure muck-sweat tension' The Financial Times
