Uncertain Soldier
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Pajama Press Inc. · Ebook · February 26, 2020
Seventeen-year-old Erich is a prisoner of war working at a northern Alberta logging camp.
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- Genres
- War & Military YA, Historical YA - Canada, War & Military
- Published
- Pajama Press Inc., February 26, 2020
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Seventeen-year-old Erich is a prisoner of war working at a northern Alberta logging camp. Twelve-year-old Max goes to school—reluctantly—in the nearby town. The two would be unlikely friends, except that neither has anyone else to turn to. At the height of World War II, nobody wants to befriend a German. It doesn’t matter that Erich was forced into the military by his father, or that Max was proudly born in Canada.
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They are both easy targets for the locals’ grief and anger against the Nazis. The other prisoners are no more welcoming, distrustful of Erich’s perfect English and his dislike for Nazism. Still, when a series of accidents shake the logging camp, they pressure Erich to question the Canadians and find the saboteur—even if his questions get him into trouble. Caught between angry prisoners and suspicious captors, Erich is afraid to take any action at all. It is only when Max’s schoolyard tormentors cross a dangerous line that Erich realizes that his real loyalties lie not with a regime or a country, but with his friend.
Where it sits
| Historical YA - Canada | 59% |
|---|---|
| War & Military YA | 46% |
| War & Military | 34% |
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Publisher categories
- Historical YA - Canada
- War & Military YA
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Authors
- Karen Bass
- Publisher
- Pajama Press Inc.
- Published
- February 26, 2020
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical YA - Canada