The Boy at the Top of the Mountain vs The Machine Gunners: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War II, World War, History, Children's fiction, Fiction
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and…
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The Machine Gunners
After an air raid, a group of English children find a German machine gun and hide it from adults who are looking for it.
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Boy at the Top of the Mountain highest: The Boy at the Top of the Mountain 4.0 · The Machine Gunners 3.8.
- The Boy at the Top of the Mountain has the widest readership — 27624 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | The Machine Gunners | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (27624) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (22) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (6) | — |
Reception
| The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | The Machine Gunners | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 27624 | 2 |
| Editions | 23 | 20 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 861 |
| Pages | 256 | 187 |