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Summary: Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister, Wilma, flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
ISBN 978-0-7636-5339-2 (hardcover)
1. World War, 1939–1945 — Juvenile fiction. [1. World War, 1939–1945 — Fiction. 2. Refugees — Fiction. 3. Brothers and sisters — Fiction. 4. Zoo animals — Fiction. 5. Zoos — Fiction. 6. Freedom — Fiction. 7. Romanies — Fiction. 8. Europe, Eastern — History — 20th century — Fiction.] I. Offermann, Andrea, ill. II. Title.
[Fic] — dc22 2010042794
ISBN 978-0-7636-5632-4 (electronic)
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