The Literacy Approach: Practising the Passive Voice with our Book Club #AlQaReading Book: The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

What an extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence we are about to finish...

Summary: The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Transform at least 5 sentences from this summary from passive into active, or from active into passive.

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain is a novel written by John Boyne about a boy named Pierrot. He becomes an orphan and is sent to live with his aunt in a mansion in the Austrian Alps, near a powerful Nazi leader. At first, Pierrot is innocent and unsure of the world, but as he spends time in the mansion, he is influenced by the people around him, especially the Nazi leader and his servants.
As the story goes on, Pierrot loses his innocence and begins to adopt the cruel ideas around him. He starts following the Nazi ideology and becomes a different person. The novel shows how power and manipulation can change a young person and how war affects children.
Boyne also talks about themes like loss, loneliness, and the need to belong. Pierrot struggles with right and wrong as he sees the adults around him losing their morality. His story shows how hatred and fear can take over a person’s mind, especially when they are young and vulnerable.
In the end, The Boy at the Top of the Mountain makes readers think about the importance of kindness, standing up against bad ideas, and the need to question the people in power. Pierrot faces a sad and hard truth that might have been avoided if someone had helped him earlier.