The orphan's tale

Type

Book

Authors

Jenoff, Pam

ISBN 10

0778319814

ISBN 13

9780778319818

Tags

Jews, Social aspects, Circus, France, Fiction, Historical fiction, Germany, World War, 1939-1945, Literary, Teenage mothers, History

Description

Sixteen-year-old Noa, forced to give up her baby fathered by a Nazi soldier, snatches a child from a boxcar containing Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and takes refuge with a traveling circus, where Astrid, a Jewish aerialist, becomes her mentor.

Biblio Notes

Notes:
Includes author's notes, reader's guide, and excerpt from The Kommandant's girl.

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