From winner of Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Friedrich and for readers of Number the Stars and If I Should Die Before I Wake.
Hans and his friend Gunther, are just trying to get through life with Adolf Hitler being elected in Germany. Gunther's father was against Hitler, but eight-year-olds Hans and Gunther join the SS youth program, and later enter the military, where they are swept away by Hitler's regime.
- ISBN10 014032206X
- ISBN13 9780140322064
- Publish Date 1 May 1987 (first published 12 February 1973)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 August 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 224
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780140322064