During World War II, eleven-year-old Alice, whose life has been sheltered and comfortable, discovers some important things about herself and the people she meets when she and her grandfather board a train to an unknown destination. Reprint.
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Gudrun Pausewang is Germany's leading writer for teenagers. She deals with political issues and is an activist herself, passionately committed to the struggle for human rights and a better world.
The translator, Patricia Crampton, is renowned for her outstanding translation of European fiction. She received the Eleanor Farjeon award in recognition of her services to the world of children's books.
Alice is Eleven years old, and it is wartime. She is on a train with no seats, no lights, no sanitary facilities. Her parents and grandparents are missing, and Alice doesn't know where she is going. Maybe she will get to play outside again, maybe she will see her parents. But as the train rolls on, Alice begins to realize that just when you think things can't possible get any worse, they do.
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