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The orphan's tale / Pam Jenoff.

Jenoff, Pam, (author.).

Summary:

Sixteen-year-old Noa, forced to give up her baby fathered by a Nazi soldier, snatches a child from a boxcar containing Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and takes refuge with a traveling circus, where Astrid, a Jewish aerialist, becomes her mentor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780778330639
  • ISBN: 077833063X
  • ISBN: 9780778319818
  • Physical Description: 264 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : MIRA, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reader's guide with questions for discussion.
Includes sneak peek of The Woman with the Blue Star and a bonus excerpt of The Lost Girls of Paris.
Subject:
Circus > Fiction.
Teenage mothers > Fiction.
Jews > Germany > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction.
France > History > 1940-1945, German occupation > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 92 of 103 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 103 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC JENOFF (Text) 36015000308185 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC JENOFF (Text) 36015001321658 Adult Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library FIC JENOFF (Text) 36015001185715 Adult Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library FIC JENOFF (Text) 36015000872370 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/19/2026