While starting to read this book, I find it quite interesting. Although I feel that it would not be appropriate for children under possibly 6th grade or maybe even 8th when students really start to learn about the holocaust.
Just by reading the first chapter I really got a sense of hope and strength that Marion has, in fact that her whole family has. I loved the part when she told her brother she was collecting the pebbles again, and he kind of brushed it off like he didn't believe in it. However, Marion felt that if she was able to find four perfect pebbles, she and her family would make it out of the camp alive and safe, which is what every family hoped for.
As far as things that could be taught within chapter one, I would start out talking about Nazi, Germany, and the setting of the book. Then I would use some vocabulary words in the chapter that the students might not know, for example barrack, or camp (not a camp for children). I can not wait to continue reading this book and see what Marion and her family had to go through.
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