crochetedman reviewed Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
Review of 'Projekt 1065' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
The writing doesn't appeal to me personally, but it's not bad for kids' fare. The plot was engaging.
309 pages
English language
Published 2016
It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.
The writing doesn't appeal to me personally, but it's not bad for kids' fare. The plot was engaging.