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Seventeen-year-old Erich is a prisoner of war working at a northern Alberta logging camp. Twelve-year-old Max goes to school―reluctantly―in the nearby town. The two would be unlikely friends, except that neither has anyone else to turn to. At the height of World War II, nobody wants to befriend a German.It doesn’t matter that Erich was forced into the military by his father, or that Max was proudly born in Canada. They are both easy targets for the locals’ grief and anger against the Nazis. The other prisoners are no more welcoming, distrustful of Erich’s perfect English and his dislike for Nazism. Still, when a series of accidents shake the logging camp, they pressure Erich to question the Canadians and find the saboteur―even if his questions get him into trouble. Caught between angry prisoners and suspicious captors, Erich is afraid to take any action at all. It is only when Max’s schoolyard tormentors cross a dangerous line that Erich realizes that his real loyalties lie not with a regime or a country, but with his friend.
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Pajama Press (April 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 192748572X
ISBN-13: 978-1927485729
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Best Sellers Rank: #3,038,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #70 in Books > Teens > Historical Fiction > Canada #269 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > History > Canada #833 in Books > Teens > Historical Fiction > Military
Age Range: 12 - 16 years
Grade Level: 7 - 11
Fascinating window on Alberta history: some German POWs were sent to northern Alberta to work in a logging camp. Needless to say tensions were high, with many Canadians having relatives still fighting or dead in the war and angry at the "Jerries" as well as factions within the POWs themselves. I sympathized both with Erich (a young German soldier but no Nazi) and twelve-year-old Max, a German-Canadian boy, but Max especially got under my skin to the point where my reading slowed down a little because I hated reading about him being bullied. A chilling climax set against the backdrop of spring breakup on the mighty Peace River.
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