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The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
Author: John Boyne
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 War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler. — Pierrot is quickly taken ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781627790307
ISBN-10: 1627790306
Publication Date: 6/7/2016
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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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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