Pied Piper

By John Boyne, Nevil Shute

Subjects: Refugee children, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, British, Social aspects, History, Rescues, Family values, Older men, Abandoned children, France, fiction

Description: The novel by Nevil Shute. As the German army overruns France . An old Englishman returning to Britain agrees to escort two children to London. Trains, buses, hotels fail him and each shift in his plans adds a new child until he and six children attempt to evade the Nazis and cross the English Channel.