Yes the book does not have all the right facts, but I guess that is the point. The book was written to engage children, talk about morals, write essays, etc.

I read this book for school and I thought it was a nice little introduction to learning about the Holocaust. Obviously some of the things in this book wouldn't have occurred, some may have. But it gives you a little insight and shows you that in the Holocaust that things were bad, hence the ending where the main character dies and also his newly made friend. It doesn't give you the happy ending you are looking for, which through the fiction book gives a flash of reality of what happened back then.
The Holocaust is a sad/sick part of History (each to their own opinion) and by reading this book I believe it gave me a different view throughout the course I did at school.

It's fair to say that I rather enjoyed the book.