This is one of the selections for the Treehouse Book Club. It's the story of three Romany Children who escape after the Nazis attack their caravan and they witness the killing of a family member and the arrest of the others from a hiding place in the woods. Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas take their infant sister and scavenge ruined villages for food and items to sell to get milk for the baby. They ultimately arrive at a small zoo, abandoned except for its animals, a lioness, a monkey, a chamois, a wolf, a boar, a seal, an eagle, a bear, a llama, and a kangaroo. During the children's one night with the animals, the animals share their stories with the children. In the end, the children escape with the animals, or do they? This book is a look at the futility and cruelty of war through a lens of magical realism.
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