The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

<p><b><i>The Boy at the Top of the Mountain</i> by John Boyne, the author of <i>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,</i> is another extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence in the face of evil. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p>