"Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay

  Do we need another book about the holocaust?  Well, yes, I think we do.  Especially when there is a different twist to the story.
  This is a novel, beginning with two storylines.  In Paris (1942), the local police are 'rounding up' the Jews and moving them into camps.  The first storyline concerns one family where Sarah, 11, locks her brother in a closet in order to keep him safe when the police arrive at the door.
  The alternating storyline follows Julia, in 2002, a reporter who is doing research for an article for the 60th commemoration of this event.
   Halfway through the book, the storylines connect.  There are a number of characters to keep straight- from each storyline.  But I found the second half of the story less traumatic and easier to read.

   This novel was made into a movie, and the cover of the book was changed to reflect the movie.  I usually dislike this happening, but I do prefer this cover because it shows the two storylines- the reporter at the top and Sarah at the bottom, trying to find her way back to the cupboard where she left her brother.  The reporter's picture dominates the cover, but actually that is the main focus of the book.  Sarah's story is secondary but central to the novel.  The expression on the reporter's face is perfect, since she was very disturbed by the facts that she uncovered.  And readers will also be disturbed- and should be!