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Noah's child

Noah's child

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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It is 1942 and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. He is taken in the dead of night to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, where the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. With the ever-present threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that the secret of survival is to conceal his Jewish heritage. Soon Joseph also discovers that Father Pons has a secret of his own: he is risking his life not only for the boys in his care, but for the future of the Jewish faith itself.

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OL Work ID
OL16667032W

Subjects

FaithClergyJuvenile fictionJewish childrenFictionCourageWorld War, 1939-1945OrphanagesWorld War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Belgium, fictionClergy, fictionWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionFiction, war & militaryFiction, historical

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