Flames of the Tiger

by John Wilson

Book Overview

As a boy growing up in Germany during Hitler's rise to power, Dieter has been seduced by the pomp and circumstance of war. But as global hostilities intensify, he is called upon to fight for his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553376196
• ISBN13: 9781553376194
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

A Good Read

This wasn't a bad book, but the best part was towards the end, which was when you really get hooked onto the story. The story was told from the main character Dieter to a soldier dying beside a tank. Dieter tells, in this story, about all he has experienced growing up in the Third Reich. The descriptions were very vivid; I enjoyed some of the metaphors and similes used in this book. The story was written very orderly, I thought - every sentence comes forth naturally. The author could try making the dialogue more real - more deliberate, more sudden. This book has given me a better insight to the "other" side of the Holocaust - the Nazis' side, and the side of the people that just want to pretend everything was okay.

Flames of the Tiger

I felt this was a very good book. Not only did it keep me intrested till the very end but there was never a time I was able to figure iut how the book would end. The book talks about the war from the view point of a young , confused, German boy. The boy is trying to safely get from Germany to Canada with is young sister without getting caught by the Germans or the Russians. It is a very good book and I highly suggest it to anyone intrested in books about WW 1.