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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Egmont UK; 1 edition (April 10 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405229276
ISBN-13: 978-1405229272
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 141 g

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Like the acclaimed Number the Stars , this well-plotted novel features a young Gentile hero battling the Germans in their war against the Jews. As it opens, Jo is guarding the sheep when his dog alerts him to a bear; Jo warns the villagers in his small French town and they kill the hapless beast. The theme here prefigures the more tragic hunt for human prey, while the bear chase itself brings Jo into contact with Benjamin, the reclusive Widow Horcada's Jewish son-in-law, who is hiding in her mountain home. Separated from Anya, his daughter, Benjamin hides other Jewish children and leads them to safety in nearby Spain. Jo is soon enlisted, bringing supplies to the widow's house. Then the Germans encamp in Jo's village, observing everyone and sealing the Spanish border. Jo's concern for the Jews is measured against his reluctant awareness that the German occupiers are not uniformly evil--in fact, the villagers' relations with the Germans form the most distinctive element of the story. Although some key elements are historically improbable (chiefly, a German officer's partial rejection of Nazi principles), the adventure of the Jews' escape into Spain is both gripping and temperate. Ages 10-14.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Grade 5-9-- In a village in southern France, only a few miles from Spain, Jo discovers that the Widow Horcada is sheltering Benjamin, her Jewish son-in-law, who is helping to smuggle Jewish children over the border. He is also waiting for his own child, Anya, from whom he was separated. When a garrison of German soldiers is sent to occupy the village in order to stop the flow of refugees into Spain, Benjamin needs the cooperation of the entire village to save the children. What Jo and the others learn, though, is that the Germans are human and that there are more similarities than differences among them. Readers do not see battles, but will witness their effects when Jo's father returns a sick and bitter man; they do not see the horrors of the death camps--it is enough to know that those who are taken away will not be seen again. Everything is seen through the eyes of one young, compassionate boy. There are no villains and no larger-than-life heroes, just human beings following what conscience or duty tells them is right. In its understated style and gentle telling of a harsh lesson, the story is reminiscent of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars (Houghton, 1989). --Susan M. Harding, Mesquite Public Library, TX
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars What Cost--Self-preservation?, Feb 25 2004

By	Plume45 "kitka12345" (Westchester, NY) - See all my reviews

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Twelve-year-old Jo is a shepherd boy in a French mountain village near the Spanish border; but his pastoral life is abruptly changed when Nazi soldiers are garrisoned in his peaceful hamlet. Having worked to help the family during the four years that his father has been a POW, the youth meets a red-bearded stranger in the hills--precipitating excitement, new purpose and great dangers. For Benjamin is hiding with his mother-in-law (a widow with the reputation of a witch), while waiting for his daughter to sneak back home through occupied France. Jo is stunned to discover that the adult pair are part of an underground railroad, ferrying Jewish children through the country across to Spain. How can he not help this noble cause, yet how can he keep his humanitiarian activities a secret from Maman and Grandpere?

The story reads easily with plenty of dialogue, action and increasing tension which culminates in the inevitable confrontation with the enemy. There is a fine line between Collaboration and making the best of a hateful situation; no one can be blamed for putting a priority on self-preservation. The author provides gentle thematic substrata to the obvious plot; mutual atempts for international cooperation
and even sympathetic understanding. People are human, after all, with similar values and upbringing, despite the language barrier. Unfortunately, serious events keep reminding friendly Jo that these soldiers are still the Eneny. This is a good juvenile thriller about French resistance and the Jewish experience. (Other books with this theme of Resistance to the Nazi invasion: The Little Riders--Holland, Snow Treaure--Norway, and Twenty Plus Ten (also France.)

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a sophorific (meaning causing sleep) book!, Feb 13 2002

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I wanted to read this book because it took place during the Holocaust, and normally, I find that time period intruiging. However, this book disappointed me. The characters are shallow and one sided, and the story is unoriginal & predictable. Also, the authors descriptions of, well- everything, were vague and contradictory. If you insist on reading this book, get it from a library, don't waste your money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Touches my heart deeply !, Dec 24 2001

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This book got my heart deeply from the very first chapter.It is about a boy named Jo.His father was sent to war and was later a prisoner-of-war for a long time.This period is during the Second World War.Jo misses his father very much.One day,he was watching his sheep and felt like sleeping.He drifts into sleep leaving his sheep unattended.He wakes up to hear Rouf(his dog)barking and the sheep bleating.As Rouf was barking,Jo saw a bear.Panicstrikken,he ran down to the village and yelled for help.The men in the village came rushing out and were very excited as they had never shot a bear.Once they had shot the bear,they predicted that it was a female.Jo immediately went up to search for Rouf and finds him near a bear cub.Coincidentally,he met a man whom he had never seen but yet he recognised the man's face.The man offered the bear cub some milk and talked with Jo as if he knew him.Suddenly the man asked him to forget that day and not to tell anyone about what happened that day.Jo promises.Later he found himself helping the man named Benjamin to send Jewish children over to Spain.When Jo's little town was occupied by the German and more and more patrols were being held,it is hard to smuggle the children up into the mountains of Spain.I felt very anxious for Jo and Benjamin.Benjamin is also waiting for his daughter,Anya be able to arrive at the village.Will Anya be able to arrive at the little village? Will Jo and Benjamin and Jo be able to smuggle the children over? Read this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars BBBBBBBOOOOOOOORRRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGG
This story is boring it would have been better if it would have had more action.

Published on Sep 18 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!
waiting for anya is very realistic. Set in war time. saving jewish children. a bit of humor in it too. if, your one of those who wanders what it's like to live in war. Read more

Published on May 7 2000 by inna

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful written.
What a shame that this excellent novel has been, for several years, sitting on my shelf, completely forgotten, until a couple hours ago. I fully enjoyed reading it. Read more

Published on Jan 29 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars This book made you think long after it was read.
The book Waiting For Anya was very well written. It is a story about a boy named Jo who is a shepard in France during World War II. Read more

Published on Aug 29 1999