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The Orphan's Tale

Record details

ISBN: 0778319814
ISBN: 9780778319818
ISBN: 077833063X
ISBN: 9780778330639
Physical Description: 344 pages ; 25 cm
print
Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Mira Books, [2017].
Copyright: ©2017
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep. When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night. Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, earning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid. At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. But as the facade that protects them proves increasingly tenuous, Noa and Astrid must decide whether their friendship is enough to save one another--or if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything. -- from book jacket.