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In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop. This is the day that will change their lives forever. With the German occupation threatening their family's safety, the boys' parents decide Maurice and Joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Surviving the long journey will take every scrap of ingenuity and courage they can muster...
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Un sac de billes, Joseph Joffo
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Un sac de billes
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Joseph Joffo
- Publisher
- Klett
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 47
- ISBN10
- 3125921228
- ISBN13
- 9783125921221
- Series
- A Bag of Marbles
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History, True Stories, Biographies, Family, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Military History, France, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, 20th century, School, Life, French Literature, Adapted for Film, Jews, Journey, Escape, Nazism, Paris, Childhood, Required Reading, Siblings, Based on True Events, Brothers, Help, Persecution, Nazis, Persecution of Jews, Children and War
- First published
- 1973
- Original title
- Un sac de billes
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop. This is the day that will change their lives forever. With the German occupation threatening their family's safety, the boys' parents decide Maurice and Joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Surviving the long journey will take every scrap of ingenuity and courage they can muster...