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Dounia muss oft an die Zeit zurückdenken, als sie so alt war wie ihre kleine Enkelin Elsa. Damals, als sie zur Schule ging, fing es an. Von einem Tag auf den anderen wurde sie plötzlich von Freunden und Mitschülern gemieden, weil sie nun einen aufgenähten gelben Stern tragen musste. Dann kam der Tag, an dem ihre Eltern abgeholt wurden und ihre Nachbarn mit ihr fliehen mussten, um sie zu schützen. Es war das Ende einer unbeschwerten Kindheit und Dounia musste sich an ein ganz neues Leben gewöhnen, voller Angst und banger Ungewissheit - an das Leben eines versteckten Kindes.

In this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a series of neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when her parents had been taken to concentration camps.

Hidden ends on a tender note, with Dounia and her mother rediscovering each other as World War II ends . . . and a young girl in present-day France becoming closer to her grandmother, who can finally, after all those years, tell her story. With words by Loïc Dauvillier and art by Marc Lizano and Greg Salsedo, this picture book-style comic for young readers is a touching read.

"Originally published in 2012 by Le Lombard under the title L'Enfant Cache"--Copyright page.

The Attack opens with Amin Jaafari, an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian origin, trying to save the casualties of a suicide bombing. A day after the deadly attack, an Israeli police officer informs Jaafari that the suicide bomber was his wife, Sihem. Believing her to be on an overnight trip, he completely refuses to accept the accusation. They were leading an ideal life in Tel Aviv, moving among both Arab and Israeli society with ease, or so Jaafari thought. But then he receives a posthumous message from Sihem confirming the worst. Desperate to understand how he missed even the slightest clue, Jaafari leaves the relative security of Israel and enters the Palestinian territories to find the fanatics who recruited her. In search of the truth, he confronts a reality that he had refused to see.

This book was first published as the French novel L'Attentat by Yasmina Khadra in 2005. One year later, L'Attentat was translated into English as The Attack and it garnered international praise: "A fierce rendering of geopolitical tensions and a plea for peace" (The New York Times); "Audaciously conceived, courageously important and] urgently humane" (The Los Angeles Times). It was translated into more than 20 languages and sold over 600,000 copies.

Then in 2012, the original French book went into graphic form with the release in 2012 of L'Attentat by Lo c Dauvillier and Glen Chaprion. This has now been translated into English by Ivanka Hahnenberger -- the book featured here.

The Attack is a poignant tragedy that mixes the intimacy of grief and betrayal with the futility of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It makes no judgment and takes no side. Chapron's masterful illustrations and astute text are wrought with the despair and hope of Jaafari's search. The raw humanity of the story raises more questions than can be answered. Timely and affecting, The Attack is an essential purchase.