The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
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
- 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.
