The Other Side of the Wire

I loved this book. I read it it one night because it was so gripping. I felt like I was there, in that point in history in the shoes of this child living through this tumultuous, horrid era of human history. While there are many stories written from this era of history, I think this one provides a unique experience as it deals with being an orphan and the need to escape. I would recommend this book to high school students at a high reading level who are interested in historical fiction.

"The Other Side of the Wall" was a fantastic read. I was unable to put it down until the last page. Horrifying and sad the persecution and lies told to the Jews to get them in the camps and humiliating treatment they suffered at the hands of the Nazi.
Hans Koch, a Jewish boy, left at a German home by his physician father and later found murdered. 
Raised as Hannah,  to escape religious persecution and adopted by a high ranking Nazi family. 

"History is what history is. The ease with which the Nazi leadership seduced the German youth is a story we cannot ignore, for it is happening again in various parts of the world today."

Harold Coyle stated in his book that the story was inspired by the true life of Solomon Perel, an orphaned Jewish-German boy who fled Nazi persecution by becoming a member of the Hitler Youth. 
Mr. Coyle did a fantastic job on this gripping, fearful story. Well-written and researched. He told the story in such a way, as though you were right there. 

Thank you to author and publisher and NetGalley for the eARC.