Status
Available
Local notes
940.5 Jof
Collection
Series
Genres
Publication
University of Chicago Press (2001), Edition: 1, 302 pages
Description
When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother fifty francs and instructions to flee Nazi-occupied Paris and, somehow, get to the south where France was free. Previously out of print, this book is a captivating and memorable story; readers will instinctively find themselves rooting for these children caught in the whirlwind of World War II.
Subjects
Awards
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2013)
Prix Broquette-Gonin (1974)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
302 p.; 5.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member www.snigel.nu
One of the few novels I have read in French. It was a bit too complicated, but I still enjoyed it. Perhaps there are too many books about suffering Jews during the Second World War, but this is the only one I have read in French.
LibraryThing member benuathanasia
This graphic novel is a bit jumpy - it was really difficult to tell how some panels fit in with the story - they seemed to be no more than filler. A decent story, though.
LibraryThing member jessiechan
An autobiographical novel that follows the author and his brother, Maurice, as they set off to escape the Nazi- occupied zone in the north of France.
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Pages
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