An Ordinary Youth Harry Potter **WINNER** of the Mountbatten Maritime

**WINNER** of the Mountbatten Maritime Literary Award

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An Ordinary Youth Harry Potter **WINNER** of the Mountbatten MaritimeA bestseller in Germany, Walter Kempowski's autobiographical novel is a sensorial coming of age story during the years of World War II and a chilling exploration of how one family adjusted to life under the Nazis Growing up in Rostock, in the north of Germany, Walter has a comfortable upbringing: quiet and content, he spends his days scheming with school friends and resisting the torment of his older siblings. But, as the country rolls toward war, the