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mstan
A charming story about a 13-year-old boy who has to accompany his parents to France in the aftermath of WWII, and goes there kicking and screaming (quite literally) - but later gets swept up in a series of quite exciting adventures that keep him thoroughly occupied - including the adventure of mastering the French language!

I don't know how Fisher manages to do it but there are both truly sinister parts to the book as well as funny scenes, which made me laugh out loud.
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Grace
Jan 07, 2018 rated it it was ok