“Projekt 1065” by Alan Grantz
309 pages, 5star rating
I have read many World War II books, and this one turned out to be a good one. It's the story of a 13 year old boy from Ireland, living in Natzi Germany. He joins the Natzi youth not to be one of them, but to be a spy for the allies. His name is Michael O’Shauessey. His parents are spies also.
Michael befriends another 13 year old boy named Fritz. Both boys are in “training” to move up the ranks in the Natzi youth. While Michael’s personality stays the same, Fritz changes from the training. That was interesting to me to see how the evil training changed his character. Fritz went from a sky, quiet, small boy to a boy who was tough and very cold.
The story gets exciting when the group of Hitler youth set out to find a British pilot whose plane had been shot down. Michael finds him first and hides him in the family’s barn. This pilot becomes very important to the story.
Another interesting part of this story is what Michael is trying to find to help the allies. He finds “Projekt 1065” which ends up being in Fritz’s father’s study. I don't want to spoil the story for you, so I won’t say what “Projekt 1065” is, how the British pilot ‘s role fits in the story, and the fate of Michael and his parents. Read the book to find out!
This book engages the reader by using very descriptive words when talking about how brutal that period in history was. The author talks about hating the Jews, book burning, the gestapo, and concentration camps.
The author also uses some German words, which i had heard before when studying WWII in history.
All in all, if you like history and World War II, you might enjoy this book.
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This book sounds really interesting. I think you did a really good job of explaining it and summarizing the story without giving anything to vital away.
ReplyDeleteI like how you didn't let spoilers get through. One more book to add to my growing list of unread books.
ReplyDeleteThis seems interesting I have always loved war movies and books I will definitely check it out.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you formatted your blog with small paragraphs and it was very straight to the point. It was easy to read and it sounds like a great book. Good job :)
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