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The Wish Child


A Historical Fiction Novel

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Two children and a mysterious narrator navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of Hitler's Germany in this stunning WW2 historical fiction novel for fans of The Book Thief.

Germany, 1939. As Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, two children, Sieglinde and Erich, find temporary refuge in an abandoned theater amid the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city, people are talking of surrender. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives.

Watching over them is the wish child, the enigmatic narrator of their story. He sees what they see, he feels what they feel, yet his is a voice that comes from deep inside the ruins of a nation's dream.

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