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02339aam a2200313 i 4500 001 FE2ECF1652C311EE894C841732ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230914010022 008 230627s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1538742136 020 $a 9781538742136 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Bennett, Ann. 245 14 $a The child without a home / $c Ann Bennett. 250 $a First Forever Trade Paperback Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Forever, $c 2023. 300 $a 317 pages ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Includes reading group guide and discussion questions. 520 $a 1944. When the war comes to twelve-year-old Agnesâ village her life changes in an instant. Her father is dragged away by soldiers and her mother is mercilessly killed, leaving Agnes and her younger brother Dieter orphaned. Frightened, and surrounded by enemies, Agnes has no choice but to carry out her motherâs dying wish, whispered to her before the light flickered from her eyes: Promise youâll look after your brother for me, Agnes⦠But when Dieterâs hand slips from her own while crossing a river, the rest of Agnesâs world shatters in an instantâhas she truly lost everything? Cambridge, present day. When her beloved grandfather dies, Freya is distraught. Not only has she lost the man who helped raise her, but she knows his stories of World War Two, and a part of her family history, is gone forever. But when Freya meets her new neighbor Agnes, whose accent is just like her grandfatherâs, she notices a weather-beaten image of a little blond boy in braces and boots that looks strangely familiar⦠Could Agnes hold the key to unlocking Freyaâs past? But Agnes has terrible secrets of her own, and she vowed never to speak about the little boy in the photograph who risked everything to save her⦠But if she doesnât, she might never discover what happened to her little brother all those years ago⦠541 $d 20230816. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Orphans $x Fiction. 650 7 $a Missing persons $v Fiction. 650 $a Brothers and sisters $x Fiction. 650 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230914010110.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FE2ECF1652C311EE894C841732ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search