My Friend the Enemy

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A captivating World War II story with a high-stakes ending
that explores the moral dilemma of helping the enemy.

’This is an intense, thought-provoking, and deeply satisfying read.’ TEACH SECONDARY ‘This book grabbed me from page one’ HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy, marching across places he’s never seen. Until the night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after, before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman. The enemy. Here. And in trouble. Suddenly, helping him seems like the right thing to do … An exciting and thought-provoking World War II adventure for ages 9 and up Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo, Michelle Magorian and Phil Earle From the acclaimed author of Nisha’s War and My Brother’s Secret

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My Friend The Enemy. When Peter is in the forest, a German plane crashes on the field. He meets a friend, Kim, who, despite many people's thoughts, is a girl. They saw the pilots parachute and they went to investigate. They find a sick, injured airman in the forest but, as they can’t speak much German, they find it hard to communicate. I loved this book as I loved the part when the reader had to guess what the german was saying. Peter is my favourite character as he is brave and courageous. I rate this book 5 stars

Corporal Peanuts Pineapple 08.01.2021

This was really informative about what it was like during WW2 and it goes to show not all Germans at that time were Nazis.

Anonymous 13.06.2020

Star Reviewer

You can actually see what it's like if you read carefully

Anonymous 30.08.2017

OMG! This book had me wanting to read in a single sitting -which I almost did! grab a box of tissues because towards the end it gets awfully emotional. This is definitely on my list of favourites and I hope that many-a-futre reader will enjoy this jem as much as I did; I would recomend this to kids age 9+. Happy Reading!

Anonymous 30.08.2017

Vey good, and so are the books near the back cover, about a german who crash lands and is on the loose...only Peter and his new friend Kim can save the german, but how long will it take before Peter can be persuaded to help?...Too long?

Anonymous 24.08.2016

I loved this book... I think it is one of the best books I have ever read I loved the way that the author explained all the emotions that the characters are feeling in great detail. and I think that Dan smith is an amazing author and I would definitely read more of his books

Anonymous 21.08.2015

A war time story full of twists and turns

Anonymous 30.07.2015

I was hooked to the end. A tale of friendship great for the people that love happy stories. WARNING: There is a really sad part when dad dies.

Anonymous 01.08.2014

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