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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

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Reviewed June 12, 2016 · General & Literary Fiction

Pierrot is a young boy living in France, happily playing with his dog and his best friend Anshel. But the climate in Paris is changing. It is 1936 and WWII is looming. Pierrot’s life is turned upside down when his father, who has struggled with emotions and drinking since the Great War, has passed away, and his mother has become very ill. Ultimately…

Published by Doubleday Childrens Books

Happy reading,
Karen