‘Broken Lives’

‘Broken Lives’ is written for children aged 8 to 12. It follows 2 families during the Holocaust of World War 2. The following is an outline of the story:

There is a loud knock at the door. The Germans have arrived to take this family away. It is 1939 in Poland. The Huberman family were partly prepared and the three children escape through a secret passage. The two older children, 13 and 10, leave the baby at the Abbey and plan to go to family in Lodz, 20 kilometres away. The children are separated and start to make their own way.

Can the Parents survive in a work camp? Will the children make it to Lodz? Who can they trust?

Meanwhile, in Germany the Foster family are arrested as they make their way to Berlin. A wealthy, well established German family on the run because Mother kept a secret, which now under Hitler, means they too need to escape. They are put on a train to a work camp. The children 14 and 12 manage to escape and must escape capture as they too head to Lodz.

Who should they fear? What connects these two families? Can they survive? What will become of the parents?

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