This novel about the first child killed due to eugenics in Nazi Germany by their parents' wishes invites comparison with William Styron's "Sophie's Choice". Winner of the NZ Book Prize.

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LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022SHORTLISTED: THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDA novel of devastating beauty set in Buchenwald during the Second World War. von Chidgey, Catherine

"Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right...