Blitzkrieg

Falkner, Brian

Notes
406 pages
illustrations
Summary: Young Joe is living in pre-WWII Berlin, with his British father and NZ mother, attending school and witnessing the excitement of his friends who are enthusiastically joining the Hitler Youth Movement. Joe feels uncomfortable with the growing mistreatment of local Jews, and after the arrest of his father as a spy, he is forced to escape from Berlin with his mother. Joe is separated from his mother and evacuated to New Zealand, and, while war looms in Europe, he is frustrated by his distance from the action, and his inability to do anything about finding his father. After a harrowing route back to Europe, Joe attempts to infiltrate the Hitler Youth movement in Germany while at the same time searching for his mother and father in wartime Berlin
Brian Falkner
362 pages
illustrations
Originally published as: Katipo Joe : blitzkrieg
Summary: Young Joe is living in pre-WWII Berlin, with his British father and NZ mother, attending school and witnessing the excitement of his friends who are enthusiastically joining the Hitler Youth Movement. Joe feels uncomfortable with the growing mistreatment of local Jews, and after the arrest of his father as a spy, he is forced to escape from Berlin with his mother. Joe is separated from his mother and evacuated to New Zealand, and, while war looms in Europe, he is frustrated by his distance from the action, and his inability to do anything about finding his father. After a harrowing route back to Europe, Joe attempts to infiltrate the Hitler Youth movement in Germany while at the same time searching for his mother and father in wartime Berlin
Rated: Teen. Ages 12 and up
my notes
Katipo Joe : blitzkrieg
Location edition Bar Code due date
Senior 502
Senior First US edition 503
Senior First US edition 1789
Senior 4416
Senior 5245
Genre:Historical fiction
Adventure stories
War stories
Historical fiction
Adventure stories
War stories
ISBN:9781338857825 9781775436447
pub:2023