Noah Schnapp
Jo
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Summary. The novel is set in the French village of Lescun during the Second World War. Jo Lalande is a young shepherd who is enjoying his childhood; but when his father goes to fight in the war, Jo has to become the man of the house. After an incident with a bear, Jo meets a mysterious man in the forest.
- Michael Morpurgo
- 1990
Plot. The film begins in the summer of 1942, during World War II in the German occupation of France, a small village in the Pyrenees. 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 ...
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Waiting for Anya is a novel by children's author Michael Morpurgo. This novel is about a small village in France that is invaded by German forces during World War II. The so-called Black Widow of the village, Madame Horcada, lives alone outside the village on her small farm.
Feb 7, 2020 · He is waiting there in hopes that his daughter Anya will find him there. He has not seen her since he desperately thrust her into a bus as he was escaping a Nazi transport to a concentration camp. While he waits, he is helping other Jewish children escape over the mountain. Jo promises to help, too.
Feb 7, 2020 · Waiting for Anya: Directed by Ben Cookson. With Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Tómas Lemarquis. During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Ben Cookson
- 2020-02-07
Summaries. During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Nov 8, 2012 · Waiting for Anya is a novel set in a mountain village, Lescun, in France during World War II. A young shepherd, named Jo, accidentally finds a man hiding in Widow Horcarda's cow shed.
