by Jere' M. Fishback
Josef Jaeger turns thirteen when Adolf Hitler is
appointed Germany’s new Chancellor. When his mother dies, Josef is sent
to Munich to live with his uncle, Ernst Roehm, the openly-homosexual
chief of the Nazi brown shirts. Josef thinks he’s found a father-figure
in his uncle and a mentor in his uncle's lover, streetwise Rudy, and
when Roehm’s political connections land Josef a role in a propaganda
movie, Josef’s sure he’s found the life he’s always wanted. But while
living in Berlin during the film’s production, Josef falls in love with
a Jewish boy, David, and Josef begins questioning his uncle’s beliefs.
Complications arise when an old friend of his mother’s tells Josef that
his mother was secretly murdered by the SS due to her political
beliefs, possibly on Roehm’s order. Josef confides in his Hitler Youth
leader, Max Klieg. Klieg admits he knows a few things, but he won’t
share them with Josef till the boy proves himself worthy of a
confidence.
Conflicting beliefs war within Josef until he must decide where his true loyalties lie, and what he really believes in.
Read A SampleGenre: Historical
Age Range: 17 and up
Print Information:
392 pages / 97500 words / 5x8 trade paperback
ISBN: 978-1-60370-685-8, 1-60370-685-2
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206 pages / 97500 words
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ISBN: 978-1-60370-686-5, 1-60370-686-0
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This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 15 April, 2009.
