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Waiting for Anya
Jo places his life in danger when he helps protect a growing number of Jewish children who have sought refuge at a reclusive widow's farm.
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
January 1st 1997
by Puffin Books
(first published 1990)
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My friend Beth runs a book club for 12 and 13 year old girls. Michael Morpurgo was one of the authors on her list that I had never heard of, though she tells me he's big in England. This was the book of his that my library has, and boy am I glad I read it. He's really great. The story was suspenseful and exciting, and it dealt gently with WWII. What I mean is that some young adult books really jump right in to all the disturbing issues and difficult themes. This one handled it gently, but ...more
Twelve-year-old Jo has lived in Lescun, France all of his life. Every one in this village engages in shepherding, cheese making, tending animals and growing hay. Lescun is hidden in the foothills of the mountains between France and Spain and generally insulated from the war raging in the rest of France. One day while Jo is tending the sheep, sharp barking awakens him and he finds his dog, Rouf, growling and hurt. Jo sees an enormous bear walking his way and quickly runs toward the village wh...more
Yet another cracker from Michael Morpurgo - he can do no wrong in my eyes. Set in a small farming village in the mountains on the border of France and Spain. The village has recently been occupied by German soldiers and all the villagers are under a strict curfew. Jo's father has been away, held as a prisoner of war for the last four years and Jo lives with his mother, siblings and grandfather.
Whilst out herding the sheep Jo stumbles across a big secret - an old Widow just outside the v...more
Whilst out herding the sheep Jo stumbles across a big secret - an old Widow just outside the v...more
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I love Michael Morpurgo. He writes in a very stark, deceptively simple manner which belies the skill behind his work. The ending of this left me feeling physically winded. Amazing writer. This is no exception.
I really enjoyed this story, an exciting and moving book about a boy who becomes involved with the French resistance. Jo helps young Jewish children escape over the mountains to Spain. It is a story of courage, friendship and strength and has a sad and happy ending. It is a story to remember and read time and time again.
Emily
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I got a bit bored of this book and didn't finish it...but I think it depends on the people who read it.
A story about a young boy who helps some hidden Jewish children until they can escape over the border.
this book gives you insight on what many went through during world war II.
Ji-ann O'Driscoll Silva
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Still reading, and really getting into the story!! :)
Diane xx
Diane xx
A sad but well written book by Michael Morpurgo.
its so nice!!! but soo sad in the end......
Luba Chernov
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Great realistic fiction when teaching WWII
It was OK, nothing special!
Book Club rating - 5
Book Club rating - 5!!
This story is about when the Nazi's took over all of France, and how the people, in a little village called lencun live. In the beginning the people of lencun think the Nazi's are good people but later they find out how bad they are. They all figure it out because of a little boy called Jo.
Waiting for Anya is about the time through the holocaust in a small town in France. It is about a young boy, name Joe and how his courage grows.
It was a pretty good book, but it kind of had a bad ending.... that is my theory, but read it for your-self. I liked the rest though.
When Jews are pursed, a band of Jewish kids have no where to go. But when they do find a way, should they go or wait for Anya?
It was really sad.
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Michael Morpurgo is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the war, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to ...more
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