Status Updates From Prisoner B-3087

My son is just getting into WW2 historical novels and I thought I'd introduce him to Alan Gratz. This probably wasn't the right book to start with. It's gritty and real and probably not what I would have chosen for my 10-year-old if I'd known anything about it except the author. Now we're so far into it that it doesn't feel right to DNF but we're both ready to leave this one behind.