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Introduction:

The book "Beyond the Ouija Board" was written by Arlette Michaelis who spent the war years as a teenager in Brussels during the Nazi occupation. Readers will enjoy Arlette's stories of how her family solved many of the problems associated with the occupation. She makes solving these difficulties sound like fun; yet under cover of her humor is the fact that Arlette was living in dangerous times, especially because she, her sister, and her parents were helping and hiding Jews. Being teenagers, Arlette, her sister, her brother, and many of their friends were clothed in a cloak of invincibility typical of young people's mentality. Young readers will be able to relate to her story, and older readers will remember their tribulations with their war memories as well as the "Great Depression" and the sacrifices those entailed. Yet, all will be inspired by Arlette and her family who did whatever they could do to resist the Nazis and fight for their freedom....