Softcover

ISBN 10: 000711849X ISBN 13: 9780007118496

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, 2001

Partly autobiographical, this is the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War.

This is the story of one family’s flight from Nazi Germany , in the years before war broke out. It’s a huge adventure; sometimes frightening, often funny and always exciting.

Based on the true experiences of the author, Judith Kerr, who was born in Berlin and left Germany in 1933.

Review:

“A compassionate introduction to the whole subject of World War II” – Books for your Children

“An extremely exciting adventure story.” – Daily Express

“A charming and touching book, often very funny” – Daily Mail

“Exact, intelligent and unsentimental.” – Sunday Telegraph

About the Author:

Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of a distinguished German writer. She left Germany with her family in 1933 to escape from the Nazis and they arrived in England in 1936, having spent the intervening years in Switzerland and France. She has a daughter who is a designer and a son who is a novelist. Judith lives in London.