In all my reading life, I have never cried so hard over a book. I cried because it's a book about war. I cried because I'm so sad my time with the characters came to a close. I cried because everything beautiful about this book is ultimately everything human.
Now I realize what I've said so far isn't going to inspire kids to read this book (especially boys) but oh, how I want EVERY kid to pick up this book. Because there's something in this book for everyone...
- War
- Bullies
- Soccer
- Nazi Germany
- Stealing
- Foster care
- Friendship
- Death (after all, Death is the narrator)
- Creativity
Pick up this book today. Take your time reading it's pages. This book will stay with you. It will haunt you and change you. Pick it up and tell me what you think.
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