Pick of the Week- All the Light We Cannot See

is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This award winning novel is complex, but rewarding. It follows the story of two teenagers on opposite sides of World War II from 1940 through the present day. Doerr does a remarkable job creating sympathetic characters from the Axis and Allies. Marie-Laure is a blind girl living in Paris and Werner is a German orphan living in southern Germany.  Their stories weave together in a thrilling climax involving a vicious Nazi treasure hunter. The harsh realities of war hit the two young people hard, but the journey through one of the most notorious events in world history.