Shadow on the Mountain

Margi Preus is a beautiful writer and this is a beautiful book. It was very interesting to read about the Nazi occupation of Norway, which I had not done since "Snow Treasure" one of my favorite books as a child. Espen, the main character is an unlikely hero who risks his life for what he believes i......more

I’ve read a few stories about Norway during WWII, but not one that covered the full war. There was a lot of excitement and danger, but nothing ever felt too graphic or tense. Perhaps it was because I never felt too close to the main character as there’s not a lot of time to cover all the years. I mi......more

Not a very good book. I was bored throughout the book, there was some good parts but over all I didn't really like it.......more

Civil disobedience is a conscious effort to disobey laws that one disagrees with in society. The protagonist, Espen, lives in Norway when the Germans occupy his country and force the Norwegian King and government officials to flee. The Norwegians formed a Resistance group meant to undermine and prot......more

In “Shadow on the Mountain”, a Norwegian boy named Espen wants to help drive away the Nazis from Norway. The book begins with Espen, a fourteen-year-old boy, riding his bicycle to deliver some illegal newspapers. He delivers the newspapers to an old woman who is called “Tante Marie”. The woman find......more