The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

by John Boyne

First published 2016

Pierrot's life is upended when he becomes an orphan. Sent to live with his aunt, a servant at the Berghof, Hitler's mountain estate, Pierrot is drawn into a world of terror and betrayal as Hitler's sinister influence consumes him. As war looms, Pierrot must navigate his new, dangerous reality and confront the moral quandaries of his transformed life.

Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, war, 21st-century

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, moral-dilemma

Setting: Germany

Period: 1933-1945

288 pages · Paperback · Square Fish

Content warnings: violence

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