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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. ...more
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. ...more

May 06, 2022
Kirsten Barber
marked it as to-read-soon