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The Auslander

by Paul Dowswell

Ages: 12+

Published: 2012

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 978-1-59990-633-1

Keywords: Conscience, World War II, Nazi Germany

In Germany in 1941-1943, when orphaned thirteen-year-old Peter is taken in by a loyal Nazi family, his slowly developing awareness leads him to take life-threatening risks.