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Per quello che Patryk ricorda, nel suo villaggio polacco i soldati russi ci sono sempre stati. Patryk ha dodici anni e vive una vita serena, scandita dalle avventure con la sua banda di amici, fino al giorno in cui i tedeschi sganciano una bomba sulla scuola. La Grande Guerra irrompe così nella vita dei ragazzi. Nonostante la paura, il gruppo di amici vede l'arrivo dei tedeschi come un'opportunità per rendere più interessante la loro guerra dei bottoni, una sfida a chi riesce a rubare il bottone più speciale dalle divise dei soldati. Ora ai bottoni russi si aggiungono quelli tedeschi. Jurek - che del gruppo di amici è il più povero, senza genitori, affidato a una sorella con cui litiga continuamente - prende la sfida troppo sul serio e convince gli altri a non fermarsi davanti a nulla. Prima c'è il furto dei bottoni dalle divise dei soldati tedeschi ospitati a casa dei ragazzi, poi da un cadavere trovato nel bosco. L'escalation sembra non avere fine, ma Patryk non riesce a tirarsi indietro: ha capito che c'è qualcosa di insano e malato nell'amico e non può permettere che diventi re... Età di lettura: da 12 anni.
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- Pagine: 192
- Data di uscita: 06-09-2018
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Why do people follow psychotic leaders who see others as only a means to an end? Time and time again we see this pattern - yet time and time again we see that there are always those who will board this ship of fools: and once onboard they will sail into a storm of violence and drown in blood. Patryk Leggi tutto
Had he not won the 2003 Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead , and two Newbery Honors in the 1990s, Avi would still be noteworthy for his juvenile historical fiction. Outside of Scott O'Dell and a scattering of others, no author delved into obscure historical settings like Avi, creating accur Leggi tutto
Raw, upsetting, little book about the outbreak of the first World War, as it effects a very, very small village in Poland. The boys in the village are at first more fascinated with a contest they've created: collecting the fancy buttons from different uniforms as different soldiers occupy their town Leggi tutto
Thank you to Netgalley, Candlewick Press and Avi for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Meet Patryk and his buddies. They live in a small rural town in Poland, surrounded by a large forest. Their village has one schoolhouse, one church, and one bridge that leads into town. The nearest city is m Leggi tutto
Jurek is a crazy idiot! The Russian soldiers have left our town, the Germans have moved in, and he thinks his button war is the most important thing in the world. He's challenged us to find the best button from a soldier's uniform, which is dangerous to do while they're still wearing it. I should ig Leggi tutto
Set in WWI, this book tells the story of seven boys in a some village in Poland who have their world upset by Russians and Germans fighting for control of their village. The boys decree a contest between themselves to collect soldier buttons. Whoever collects the best or the most buttons is to be de Leggi tutto
Easy to read and captivating...I couldn’t put it down. But several scenes were pretty disturbing and directly involved the young boys in the book, so I wouldn’t recommend it for sensitive kids. I might let my 12 year old read it, but I’m glad i read it first so i could talk with her about it. Takes Leggi tutto
Even though this book was based in Poland in 1914, it has such a Lord of the Flies feel to it. I liked how he wrote it all from the boys' perspective. It makes you go back to that feeling of being 12 and not understanding actually how dangerous the world can be. The boys in this book who were typica Leggi tutto
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