Books like The Machine Gunners

Is your enemy clearly defined? Is your world conveniently black and white, and you are one of the good guys, fighting the evil of an official state enemy, whose citizens are devils by definition?For some Northern English school children during the Second World War, this worldview is deeply shaken when they make the acquaintance of a German soldier who survived after his plane crashed. They have to redefine their grasp of good and evil several times while they hide the enemy from the adult world that dictates the rules they live by.What happens when you get to know the devil you fear? A great novel for our times, to reflect on why building walls between people is the worst way possible to protect us from violence and hatred. Building bridges is the path to humanity.