The children's war

Monique Charlesworth

first published 2004 Thorndike Press, 2004 695 pages

Thorndike Press large print core

This is the story of two children caught in the midst of war.It is 1939 and thirteen-year-old Ilse, half-Jewish, has been sent out of Germany by her Aryan mother to a place of supposed safety. Her journey takes her from the labyrinthine bazaars of Morocco to Paris, a city made hectic at the threat of Nazi invasion. At the same time in Germany, Nicolai, a boy miserably destined for the Nazi Youth movement, finds comfo...

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The children's war edition · 2005 · Anchor Books · 367 pages
The children's war edition · 2005 · W.F. Howes
The children's war edition · 2004 · Fourth Estate · 400 pages
The children's war edition · 2004 · Thorndike Press · 695 pages
The children's war edition · 2004 · Alfred A. Knopf · 367 pages

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