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About The Book

Daniel and Armin are best friends. They are from well-to-do families and enjoy football and school. But they also admire Hitler as an underdog and revolutionary hero. The boys talk about joining the Hitler Youth - until Daniel learns to his horror that his mother is Jewish, that he is himself half-Jewish and therefore, in Aryan eyes, half human. So Daniel attempts to keep this fearsome secret to himself ...

About The Author

David Chotjewitz is a teacher and playwright. He lives with his daughter in Hamburg, Germany, where, in 2000, this book was published to acclaim.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK (January 3, 2005)
  • Length: 304 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780689872952

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Awards and Honors

  • California Young Reader Medal Nominee

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