Thoughts:
This was a fun middle-grade mystery that had me intrigued throughout the course of the whole novel.
I enjoyed seeing the siblings interact. As a reader of mostly adult and young adult, I rarely get to see siblings with all of their arguing and banter so it was a fun change of pace.
The only complaint I have was that some of the German was incorrect. The words were correct but German has some grammar rules that are different from English and those were not taken into consideration.
Overall, if you or a younger reader are looking for a historical story sure to please, I'd recommend picking up One Boy's War.

Rating: 4/5
Language: n/a
Romance: n/a
Spiritual: the family is Jewish and fleeing Nazi Germany
Violence: the ship the family was on was torpedoed

*I received a copy of this book from the author. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required. ( )

One Boy's War is a bit of a continuation of Boy from Berlin. It is all based on a ship and in London, England during 1940 in the summer. It tells the tale of a boy named Kafer who is on a ship to Canada. He ends up returning to London, England.

Kafer and his mother and sibling are on the ship to Cannada. Something happens to make them return to London. There is an adventure for Kafer on the return. The adventures are enjoyable to read. There seems to be a mystery man that Kafer spots at the hotel while he and his family are waiting in Scotland.

There seems to be an adventure that Kafer and friend named Freddy that get Kafer into so trouble. Though I do not want to spoil that goes. This book is a good read. Children will enjoy it. If you want to find out if Kafer and his family make it safe and sound to Canada or not. I would suggest picking this book up.

In London, there are more adventures that Kafer goes on and he brings his brother along for one of them. Will they escape the Nazi's ore will they not. Will Kafer save his family or will he be stopped. The twist and turns of this book make you want to read to find out.

I was turning the pages of this book. I could not put it down. This book is mostly fiction with historical events that take place and with a real family. Any historical fiction fan from middle grade and up will enjoy this. I also enjoy the fact that this book and Boy from Berlin are pretty clean in language. I did not find one bad word in either book. ( )