Adam and Thomas

Name: Adam and Thomas
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Aharon Appelfeld
ISBN: 9781705257586

Author: Aharon Appelfeld, Jeffrey M. Green

Narrator: Neil Hellegers

Unabridged: 2 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/17/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Religious Stories

Synopsis

Adam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II by banding together in the forest. They are alone, visited only furtively every few days by Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from the war by living with a peasant family. She makes secret journeys and brings the boys parcels of food at her own risk.

Adam and Thomas must learn to survive and do. They forage and build a small tree house, although it's more like a bird's nest. Adam's family dog, Miro, manages to find his way to him, to the joy of both boys. Miro brings the warmth of home with him. Echoes of the war are felt in the forest. The boys meet fugitives fleeing for their lives and try to help them. They learn to disappear in moments of danger. And they barely survive winter's harshest weather, but when things seem to be at their worst, a miracle happens.

About Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld is the author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Iron Tracks, Until the Dawn's Light (both winners of the National Jewish Book Award), The Story of a Life (winner of the Prix Medicis Ã‰tranger), and Badenheim 1939. Other honors he has received include the Giovanni Boccaccio Literary Prize, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Israel Prize, the Bialik Prize, and the MLA Commonwealth Award. Blooms of Darkness won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2012 and was short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. Born in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now part of Ukraine), in 1932, Appelefeld died in Israel in 2018.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Babywave on December 19, 2021

Für mich persönlich ein sehr wichtiges Buch über Freundschaft zweier Jungs, die zur Zeit des 2. Weltkrieges zu ihrem Schutz dort von ihren Müttern ausgesetzt werden, um sich zu verstecken und nicht aus dem Ghetto abtransportiert zu werden. Für mich hatte die Erzählweise einen passenden kindlichen St......more

Goodreads review by Netradičně tradiční on April 25, 2018

Silný příběh psaný z pohledu malých dětí... Klidně se přiznám: pobrečela jsem si, ale za přečtení opravdu stojí.........more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on August 21, 2018

Leider ein völliger Flop. In dem Buch passiert so gut wie gar nichts und eine richtige Atmosphäre kann es auch nicht aufbauen. Noch dazu war es unheimlich unglaubwürdig, was unsere Protagonisten sagen und denken... Da hatte ich mir von einem Roman, dessen Autor doch sehr ähnliches selbst erlebt hat,......more

Goodreads review by Çağla on May 23, 2020

Ehh işte'den 3 yıldız veriyorum. Bu kitap 6 yaşındaki kardeşime, üzerinde çocuk kitabı yazan her kitabı her yaşta çocuğun okuyabileceğini sanan bir... nadide misafir tarafından hediye edilmişti. Kitaplığımızda, kardeşim uygun yaş aralığına ulaştığında okunmayı bekliyordu. Ancak şu an 8 yaşında olan k......more

Goodreads review by Brandie on June 15, 2018

For my alternate book report I chose to write about why I would like to have Adam and Thomas as friends. I chose this option because after reading the book I believe that Adam and Thomas have proven to be amazing young boys who care about others even in their most desperate time. They have huge hear......more