An Eagle in the Snow

It is 1940 and a boy and his mother are trying to escape Germany by train. When bombing starts and the train must shelter in a dark tunnel, a mysterious stranger helps pass the time by telling the story of a British soldier who had the chance to end the war before it began during an encounter with a young Adolf Hitler-and how he tried to fix what many people would have considered a mistake. Or was it? Once again, author extraordinaire Michael Morpurgo asks difficult questions of his audience and leaves readers examining our own moral compasses. Is this one moment that could have saved the world from war?