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A review by thisbookishcat
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
What an incredible story about bravery, morality, justice and injustice. Learning that this story is based off of the events of a real life -dare I say it- hero, it astounding!
Nearly all the WW2 books I've read have been from one of two points-of-view, Jewish victims of the war, or from the troops who fought in the war. Very rarely do you see something about those who were against the war that was happening, and fighting it from within Germany itself. This was eye-opening, especially as a North American who only really gets to hear the commonwealth, or American viewpoints of how the war went.
The way the author leads you along the series of events that got the character, our hero, from the beginning of the war to his eventual perish is inspiring, frightening, and makes you hold your breath. Will the Nazis find out he's the mole? Will he make it out alive? Can he deliver his papers before it's too late?</spoiler
It is a very quick read, not only because the book is not overly large, but because the tale the author has spun draws you in and makes it so that you can't focus on anything other than finding out what will happen next.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see and maybe understand the perspective of someone who was 'on the wrong side of the war' and who didn't agree with what was happening.
Nearly all the WW2 books I've read have been from one of two points-of-view, Jewish victims of the war, or from the troops who fought in the war. Very rarely do you see something about those who were against the war that was happening, and fighting it from within Germany itself. This was eye-opening, especially as a North American who only really gets to hear the commonwealth, or American viewpoints of how the war went.
It is a very quick read, not only because the book is not overly large, but because the tale the author has spun draws you in and makes it so that you can't focus on anything other than finding out what will happen next.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see and maybe understand the perspective of someone who was 'on the wrong side of the war' and who didn't agree with what was happening.