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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2018 | Middle Grade
Gr 5–8—Avi's intense and cautionary novel is a psychological thriller set in a hardscrabble Polish village during World War I. Patryk, the 12-year-old narrator, is one of a group of boys who meet nightly at the village water pump to share news and plan adventures, most of which are harmless dares. But on the night the Germans drop a bomb on the local schoolhouse, their lives are changed forever. A troubled boy named Jurek, whose parents died years earlier and who lives with his ol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
On the cusp of WWI, a group of Polish boys makes a game of stealing buttons from the changing cast of soldiers invading their village. P...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
On the cusp of WWI, a group of Polish boys makes a game of stealing buttons from the changing cast of soldiers invading their village. P...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
