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Waiting for Anya
Narrated by Nicholas Rowe
Written by Michael Morpurgo

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.

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 . . . as Jo knows all too well, the penalty for helping these children escape is death.


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