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The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
Author: John Boyne
From the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes another extraordinary story of World War II and innocence in the face of evil.When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781250115058
ISBN-10: 1250115051
Publication Date: 6/6/2017
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Square Fish
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a heartbreaking and profoundly sad story of how power and the longing for attention impacted the life of a young orphan boy. The plot was a bit farfetched, given that Hitler hardly spent any time at Berghof, but it is an interesting for young people to read about how impressionable so many people were to Hitler's rhetoric and promises.


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