I thought this might be another one of those over-hyped books that I could never get through (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, anyone?), but it wasn't. This was a lovely story, told through correspondence, of the island of Guernsey (one of the Channel Islands between France and England), and how the German occupation during WWII affected the residents.
The book is a fairly easy read. Through the letter format, the reader gets to see through the main character's eyes, as well as though of residents of the island, and of London. This would be a great book for high school students studying WWII.