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she said: " This book is about an elderly English lawyer who finds himself in France when WWII breaks out. As he tries to make his way back home, various people entrust him with children to take out of the war zone. So, just like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, he ends up being surrounded by an international group of children, all victims of the war in one way or other. The war is always present in this book, but there is not too much graphic violence. And since the main characters are an old man and a group of c This book is about an elderly English lawyer who finds himself in France when WWII breaks out. As he tries to make his way back home, various people entrust him with children to take out of the war zone. So, just like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, he ends up being surrounded by an international group of children, all victims of the war in one way or other. The war is always present in this book, but there is not too much graphic violence. And since the main characters are an old man and a group of children, there is no love story -except perhaps that the old man meets the girl that his late son was falling in love with when he (the son) died.

Happy Reading,

Ann ...more "