The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
Readers rate it 4.1 (24 on Hardcover)
262 pages · Released 2016 · Henry Holt and Co.
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This historical fiction places a young protagonist in Hitler's household during the Nazi era, creating an intense and morally complex narrative. While not graphically violent, the book deals with the psychological weight of proximity to evil, war, betrayal, and the dangers of the period. It offers valuable historical context and raises important questions about complicity and conscience, but requires maturity to process its darker themes.
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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 household at the top of the German mountains. 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, th... 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 household at the top of the German mountains. 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. Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitler's wing, and is thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world: a world of terror, secrets and betrayal, from which he may never be able to escape.
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- Orphans
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Values & Virtues
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
- Children's fiction
- Orphans, fiction
- World war, 1939-1945, fiction
- Germany, fiction
- Young adult fiction
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ISBN 9781627790307 · Henry Holt and Co.