Noah's child / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Author/creator Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Atlantic, 2012.
Description1 volume ; 24 cm
Subjects
Jewish children--Belgium. --Fiction.
Orphanages--Belgium. --Fiction.
Clergy--Belgium. --Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Belgium. --Fiction.
Faith--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.

Abstract 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 Jewish faith itself.
ISBN9781848874183 (hbk)
ISBN1848874189 (hbk)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PQ2679.C37844 E5413 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold