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It is 1942 and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. He is taken in the dead of night to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, where the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. With the ever-present threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that the secret of survival is to conceal his Jewish heritage. Soon Joseph also discovers that Father Pons has a secret of his own: he is risking his life not only for the boys in his care, but for the Jewish faith itself. Sensitive, funny and deeply humane, Noah's Child is a simple fable that reveals the complexities of faith, bravery and the human condition.
| ISBN | 1848874189 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781848874183
(What's this?) | | Pages | 144 | | Publisher | Atlantic Books | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Atlantic Books | | Height (mm) | 186 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 01 Feb 2012 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 843.914 | |
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