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Candle in the Dark

May 16, 2022 by Adèle Geras

A story set on the brink of the Second World War. Germany in 1938 is a dangerous place for Jews. Clara and her little brother, Maxi, are leaving behind everything they know and going to England to live with a family they have never met. Will Clara and Maxi adapt to life in an English village, and will they ever see their parents again?

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Adèle Geras has published more than 100 books for readers of all ages. Her first book was Tea at Mrs Manderby's, which was published in 1976. Her first full-length novel was The Girls in the Velvet Frame. Other works include Troy (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal) Ithaka, Happy Ever After (previously published as the Egerton Hall Trilogy), Silent Snow, Secret Snow, and A Thousand Yards of Sea. Her novels for adults include: Facing the Light, Hester's Story, Made in Heaven, and A Hidden Life.

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Mike Streeton says:

January 24, 2023 at 11:48 pm

We immensely enjoyed your story involving Clara & Maxi but we felt it ended rather abruptly and wondered if the two Jewish children ever saw their mother ever again and possibly their father who was in Dachau concentration camp. Please reply🙏

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