The Orphan's Tale

by Pam Jenoff

Narrated by Jennifer Wydra and Kyla Garcia

Actually, I am listening to this on my Audible app on my phone. I thought I had read all the WWII Holocaust Historical fiction there was, but I missed this one.

Sixteen-year-old Noa, from the Netherlands, is hiding from the Nazis. Thinking about jumping on a train to escape, she discovers a horrific site: a box car full of babies ripped from the arms of their Jewish parents. Naked and left to die, Noa hears a weak cry. Reaching through the bodies, she finds a little boy alive. She grabs him and runs.

Noa thinks that her only chance from escape would be to join the traveling circus that is heading out of Germany. She takes the baby she named Theo and joins up. With no experience, she claims to be a trapeze artist, and connects with Astrid. Astrid is hiding her own secrets and looking for escape by means of the circus.

It is heart wrenching and also gripping. I can't tell you the ending (and I wouldn't if I could) because I am not done with it yet. But so far, I am loving it.

Great story line. Great narrators.