{"product_id":"9780732292096_pennies-for-hitler","title":"Pennies For Hitler","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'Historical fiction at its best' \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eBookseller \u0026amp; Publisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils' heads to see which of them have the most 'Aryan'- shaped heads. But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive. Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness can be, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eA companion piece to the best-selling \u003cem\u003eHitler's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a story of war-torn Europe during WWII, as seen through the eyes of a young German boy Georg, who loses his family and must forget his past and who he is in order to survive\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003ePENNIES FOR HITLER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e'Jackie French's research and subsequent feeling for the era is superb the descriptions of wartime Australia alone are fascinating. This is \u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003ehistorical fiction at is best \u003c\/strong\u003eand thoroughly recommended for upper primary children and beyond.' -- \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eBookseller \u0026amp; Publisher\u003c\/em\u003e, 5 Star Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'From its dramatic opening sequence to its one word conclusion 300 pages later, this is an absorbing story \u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003erich with details of everyday life\u003c\/strong\u003e' -- \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eCanberra Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e'This \u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003estriking fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e for school age readers gives an unflinching view of war and a close-up human perspective on asylum seekers.' -- \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eSaturday Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackie French","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905516982421,"sku":"9780732292096","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780732292096.jpg?v=1776890039","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780732292096_pennies-for-hitler","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}