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03300aam a2200493Ii 4500 001 8C041EF66A0711EC9CB354F147ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240315010227 008 210526s2021 enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1800194323 020 $a 9781800194328 035 $a (OCoLC)1252792964 040 $a WSN $b eng $e rda $c WSN $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HCO $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Stuart, Anna, $e author. 245 14 $a The Berlin zookeeper / $c Anna Stuart. 264 1 $a London : $b Bookouture, $c 2021. 300 $a 353 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a "An utterly gripping and heartbreaking World War 2 historical novel, based on a true story"--Cover, . 520 $a "Two women. One shocking wartime secret. And a family mystery just waiting to be discovered... Berlin Zoo, 1943: Ten-year-old Adelaide and her newborn sister are orphaned after a devastating night of bombing. Heartbroken and frightened, Adelaide runs to her mother's closest friend, Katharina Heinroth, and the kind zookeeper takes the two little girls under her protection. As the bombing intensifies, Adelaide tries to shut out the horrors of war by caring for her tiny sister and playing with the adorable baby monkeys. But when Katharina organises a dangerous operation to enable children and animals to escape the battle-scarred city, something goes wrong. And Adelaide has to promise her adopted mother to keep a shocking secret. A secret that will change Adelaide's life forever. Berlin Zoo, 2019: Bethan Taylor notices the elderly lady sitting on the bench next to her seems confused, her thoughts flitting between past and present. Ada talks of her childhood, played out in an underground bunker beneath the animal enclosures during the war. As Ada's story unfolds, Bethan is surprised to hear a name she recognises. . . Katharina Heinroth is at the top of a list of German names Bethan found in a hidden compartment of her late mother's jewellery box. Bethan's father couldn't tell her anything about the crumpled piece of paper and she's been searching for the meaning ever since." -- Page 4 of cover. 600 10 $a Heinroth, Katharina $v Fiction. 610 20 $a Zoologischer Garten (Berlin, Germany) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Berlin $z Berlin $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Zoo keepers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Orphans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Fiction. 600 17 $a Heinroth, Katharina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00157661 610 27 $a Zoologischer Garten (Berlin, Germany) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01434809 650 7 $a Family secrets. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01737651 650 7 $a Orphans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01048433 650 7 $a Zoo keepers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01184665 651 7 $a Germany $z Berlin. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204829 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726640 655 7 $a War fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01922585 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a War fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20230830011320.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20221203071835.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20220104015033.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C041EF66A0711EC9CB354F147ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search