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Waiting for Anya is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, first published in Great Britain in 1990, by William Heinemann. It is set in Lescun, in a mountainous region of southern France on the border with Spain. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It was adapted as a film of the same title released in 2020.
A Jewish father named Benjamin walks his daughter, Anya, to the safety of a train fleeing France. One day, a young shepherd named Jo discovers several Jewish children hidden on a farm run by a widow, Horcada, and her son-in-law, the aforementioned Benjamin.
Feb 17, 2020 · The film depicts the true-life rescue of Jewish children smuggled across the Spanish border to safety disguised as shepherds, right under the noses of high-ranking Nazi officers, by the inhabitants of a small rural village in the Pyrenees in southern France.
Feb 7, 2020 · The film is based on a popular YA book by Michael Morpurgo, author of The War Horse, and it is inspired by French villagers who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them over the mountains into Spain.
Jan 1, 1997 · The gripping story of a boy who risks his life to take Jewish refugees to safety during World War II. A reclusive widow’s farm has become a haven for a growing band of Jewish children hiding from the Nazis.
A Jew, he is hiding at her farm waiting with the hope that his young daughter Anya, whom he last saw when he put her on a bus to save her from transport to a Nazi concentration camp, will find her way to her grandmother’s.
Feb 16, 2020 · Waiting for Anya (Review) – A compelling story that sings with sincerity but lacks bite. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, first published in 1990. Director Ben Cookson navigates the tightrope of bringing the horrors of the Holocaust to children’s drama.
Feb 7, 2020 · Based on a true story, it depicts the heroism of teen Jo (Noah Schnapp) -- and eventually his entire village -- in transporting Jewish children to safety under the Nazis' noses. The peril/sense of danger is strong, and violence is brief but shocking.
Another tale of war for young tweens, based on a true story, from this master storyteller. Set in a small French town, we meet its townsfolk, and get to know them well. Jo and his family, Hubert – a giant but simple fellow, accepted and loved by all, and a ray of happiness in a time of war.
From the mind of world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo comes the cinematic adaptation of Waiting for Anya - a powerful and authentic true story of a young shepherd that had a key part to play in one of the world's most shocking moments in history.
