The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne, the author of The
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is another extraordinary historical fiction
about 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 War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this
is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.
Pierrot is quickly taken under Hitler's wing and thrown into an
increasingly dangerous new world: a world of terror, secrets, and
betrayal from which he may never be able to escape. This title has
Common Core connections.