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In this Children's Book Council of Australia Award-winning fable for all ages, two gypsy boys fleeing from the German soldiers who slaughtered their caravan come upon an abandoned zoo. Twelve-year-old Andrej and younger brother Tomas carry a secret in their pack-their infant sister, who along with them has survived against all the odds. A bombing raid near the zoo initiall...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 5–8—Brothers Andrej, 12, and Tomas, 9, are wandering a war-ravaged countryside after their Romany encampment was attacked by German soldiers. Carrying their infant sister in a pack, they've been scavenging for weeks when they stumble upon an abandoned zoo curiously unharmed in a town utterly destroyed by bombing. The animals are hungry, thirsty, and frightened in their cages, but willing to share their stories with the children. War as seen through the eyes of innocent children is brutal, but the judgment of these animals...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

By a chance of timing, two Romany boys and their baby sister are overlooked when their whole community is rounded up by German soldiers in World War II. Thrown on to their own resources, the children forage and scavenge for several weeks until one night they find themselves in a small zoo, abandoned by humans but still inhabited by ten animals—who, in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

During World War II, two Romany boys and their baby sister find themselves in a zoo inhabited by talking animals. They share their stor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More