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The Child on Platform One  Cover Image Book Book

The Child on Platform One / Gill Thompson.

Summary:

Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away - even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed. In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home. It is only when her young son enlists in the RAF that Pamela realizes how easily her own world could come crashing down.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781472258014
  • Physical Description: 432 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: United States : Headline Review, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London.
Subject: Evacuation > World War, 1939-1945 > Czechoslovakia > Fiction.
Internment camps > World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Jews > World War, 1939-1945 > Czechoslovakia > Fiction.
Jewish children > World War, 1939-1945 > Czechoslovakia > Fiction.
Jewish children > Czech Republic > Prague > Fiction.
Deportation > World War, 1939-1945 > England > Fiction.
Escapees > World War, 1939-1945 > Czechoslovakia.
Kindertransport train > World War, 1939-1945 > Mainland Europe to England > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Fiction.
Prague (Czech Republic) > Fiction.
Nazi concentration camps > World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emmaus Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library FIC THOMPSON, GILL (Text) 36446002019639 Adult Fiction Available -


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