02257cam a2200445 i 4500 369206897 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 160701s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780778330639 077833063X 9780778319818 0778319814 (OCoLC)943704525 TxAuBib rda Jenoff, Pam. The Orphan's tale / Pam Jenoff. Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Mira Books, [2017] ©2017. 344 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep& When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night. Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, spurning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid. At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. But as the facade that protects them proves increasingly tenuous, Noa and Astrid must decide whether their friendship is enough to save one anotheror if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything. -- from book jacket. 20190101. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945.) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945.) Fiction. World War (1939-1945.) 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects Fiction. Circus Fiction. Circus. Teenage mothers Fiction. Jews Germany Fiction. France History 1940-1945, German occupation Fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. History.