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The gripping story of a boy who risks his life to take Jewish refugees to safety during World War II. A reclusive widow's farm has become a haven for a growing band of Jewish children hiding from the Nazis. Jo knows he must keep the secret, and help out any way he can. But when German soldiers move into town, the danger suddenly becomes much more real. As Jo knows all too well, the penalty for helping these children escape is death.

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"""Gripping."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

Gripping. -- Publishers Weekly

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"Michael Morpurgo, former Children's Laureate of Britain, is the author of War Horse, called ""superb"" by the New York Times Book Review and now a major motion picture. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity. His writing has won numerous award, including the Whitbread Children's Book Award, the California Young Reader Medal, the Red House Children's Book Award, and France's Prix Sorcieres, among others and others. He lives in Devon, England, with his wife, Clare. Together they founded the charity Farms for City Children, which gives children from urban areas an opportunity to spend a week working on a farm in the countryside. Nicholas Rowe's theater credits include The Madness of George III, Nation, Victory, Whipping It Up, and See How They Run. His television work includes Da Vinci's Demons, Loving Miss Hatto, The Borgias, Beau Brummel, and A Harlot's Progress, and his films include Nicholas Nickleby, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Young Sherlock Holmes."

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