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Wilson, John.
FLAMES OF THE TIGER
Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2003.
IL 5-8, RL 6.3
ISBN 1553376188
Dieter looks up and sees the tank burning.  He and his sister are fleeing their homeland and trying to get to Canada and freedom.  Set during World War II, this book is told from the perspective of a young German boy.  Dieter has been brought up to believe in Hitler's policies and Germany's superiority.  He has even joined the elite SS.  Now his world is changing and he is begining to see what is really going on in his world.  But is it too late?  Can he save his sister?
SUBJECTS:     Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
                        National socialism -- Fiction.
                        World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
                        Historical fiction.

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