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A fact from Alan and Naomi (novel) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the novel Alan and Naomi has been called "one of the starkest representations of trauma and traumatic loss"?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 08:13, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1977 young adult novel Alan and Naomi is about the Holocaust, and it has been made into a movie and a play? Source: acclaimed YA novel Alan and Naomi, depicting the friendship between a teen boy and a French refugee of the Holocaust in 1944 New York City. It was published throughout Europe and Asia and adapted as a play that is still performed in Germany. The book was also brought to the big screen in 1992 as the Porchlight Entertainment feature film Alan & Naomi, starring Lukas Haas.
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Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 17:26, 30 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Alan and Naomi (novel), so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is new and long enough, properly referenced, and QPQ is done. However, I'm not sure what's entirely interesting about a YA novel about the Holocaust (or the fact that it's been adapted to other media, as many other books have). The "History" section doesn't really enlighten the reader either and seems to lift much of its content from the lede. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 19:50, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. My style of writing is to tell you what the article is about in the lead, then I expound on that information within the body with references. Regarding the content, I think I have said all that can be said. For an alternative ALT, I will provide an alternate. Keeping in mind C6 that the hook has to involve the real world. I also welcome suggestions.

ALT1: ... that the novel Alan and Naomi has been called, "one of the starkest representations of trauma and traumatic loss"? Tribunella, Eric L. (2010). Melancholia and maturation : the use of trauma in American children's literature (1st ed.). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1572336810.

Forgot the ping @Kingoflettuce: Bruxton (talk) 23:57, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with the Alt.

Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 09:47, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]