To Zenzi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781936970698)

To Zenzi is the extraordinary story of Tobias Koertig's odyssey through the apocalypse of Berlin in 1945. An orphaned thirteen-year-old who loves to draw, Tobias is coerced into joining the German youth army in the last desperate weeks of the war. Mistaken for a hero on the Eastern Front, he receives an Iron Cross from Hitler himself, who discovers the boy's cartoons and appoints Tobias to sketch pictures of the ruined city.

Shuttling between the insanity of the F hrer's bunker and the chaotic streets, Tobias must contend with a scheming Martin Bormann, a deceitful deserter, the Russian onslaught, and his own compounding despair--all while falling for Zenzi, a girl of Jewish descent (a mischling) who relays secret news of death camps and convinces Tobias to make a treacherous escape to the Americans.

With thrilling risks in plotting and prose, with moments of pathos and absurdity, Shuster richly conjures a mad, tragic world.

Author: Robert L. Shuster
ISBN-10: 1936970694
ISBN-13: 9781936970698
Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2021
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Honorable Mention
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2021 pg. 28
Foreword 02/26/2021
Booklist 04/01/2021 pg. 32