Kind aller Länder vs Smiling for strangers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Refugees, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
Kind aller Länder
"In this [...] novel, some of the great themes of 1930s Europe are refracted through the eyes of a child who is both naive and wise beyond her years. Irrepressible Kully, her charming, freckless father and her nervy,…
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Smiling for strangers
During the war, fourteen-year-old Nina flees from her village in Yugoslavia, armed only with some letters and a photograph, to search for an old friend of her mother's in England
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Kind aller Länder has the widest readership — 1202 ratings behind its score.
- Kind aller Länder reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 4 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Kind aller Länder | Smiling for strangers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (1202) | 3.2 (31) |
Reception
| Kind aller Länder | Smiling for strangers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1202 | 31 |
| Editions | 10 | 2 |
| Citations | 4 | 2 |
| Pages | 194 | 151 |