Jenoff, Pam,

The orphan's tale / Pam Jenoff. - 344 pages ; 25 cm

Includes questions for discussion (pages [331]-[332]) and a conversation with the author (pages [333]-[336]). Includes an excerpt from The kommandant's girl (pages [339]-344).

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, spurning 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 anotheror if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything. -- from book jacket.

ISBN: 9780778330639 077833063X 9780778319818 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2017.

Dewey Class. No.: 813