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    Waiting for Anya
    Waiting for Anya
    Waiting for Anya
    Audiobook4 hours

    Waiting for Anya

    Written by Michael Morpurgo

    Narrated by Nicholas Rowe

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    About this audiobook

    Jo did not stop until he’d shut the door behind him and even then his heart could not stop pounding in his ears.

    Jo finds out that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis over the mountains near his village. All goes to plan until German soldiers start patrolling the mountains, and Jo realises the children are trapped. Jo's slightest mistake could have devastating consequences…

    Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction award.

    In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie's War, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Waiting for Anya is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history. It will provide a wider context for kids who have studied the Holocaust and The Diary of Anne Frank.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateFeb 13, 2020
    ISBN9780008404802
    Waiting for Anya
    Author

    Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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    • 3/5
      I read this in Year 5 and, whilst I don't remember all of it, I do remember that I thought it very sad and that, as a nine/ten year old, I was touched by the story.
    • 5/5
      Jo lives in a small French village during the Second World War. After a close encounter with a bear while he is tending the sheep he discovers that the Jewish son-in-law of one of the villagers is smuggling Jewish children over the border to Spain. this is an exciting story with realistic characters that will help give children some idea of what things were like during the war.