- Published: 1 October 2015
- ISBN: 9781448196821
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
- Published: 1 October 2015
- ISBN: 9781448196821
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
Disturbingly vivid, utterly readable and appealing to audiences of all ages
The Bookbag
There is a sureness and a simplicity to the writing that is very impressive . . . In The Boy at the Top of the Mountain, Boyne has delivered a powerful account of how one boy was seduced by Hitler and Nazism and paid the price. The final pages, in which he meets the Jewish friend of his boyhood and seeks redemption, are very moving. Younger readers will lament the corruption of Pierrot; older ones will perceive what Boyne is trying to tell us: if this could happen to Pierrot, it could happen to us
Irish Independent
It’s impossible to put down: devastating and devastatingly good, one of my top three children’s novels of the year so far . . . A difficult story to pull off, but with his perfect pacing, lack of sentimentality and refusal to submit to a neat end, Boyne has won me over – all over again
The Times
Forceful . . . Reminding us that silence and compromise can foster their own overwhelming guilt
Australian
A remarkable feat . . . Compelling
Guardian
A powerful new novel from the author of the highly acclaimed The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and it is equally atmospheric and disturbing . . . Mesmerizing
Parents in Touch
An affecting morality tale . . . It is the chilling portrayal of adolescent corruption and atonement that lingers
Daily Mail
With his perfect pacing, lack of sentimentality and refusal to submit to a neat end, Boyne has written one of the children’s books of the year
The Times
Exciting and thought-provoking . . . An excellent novel
Star, Malaysia
Another winner
Glasgow Sunday Herald
Compelling and thought-provoking
Teach Primary