Pied Piper

Nevil Shute John Boyne First published 1941

About this book

The novel by Nevil Shute. As the German army overruns France . An old Englishman returning to Britain agrees to escort two children to London. Trains, buses, hotels fail him and each shift in his plans adds a new child until he and six children attempt to evade the Nazis and cross the English Channel.

Subjects

abandoned children
british
fairy tales
family values
fiction
fiction, action & adventure
fiction, historical
fiction, historical, general
france, fiction
history
older men
refugee children
rescues
social aspects
world war, 1939-1945
world war, 1939-1945, fiction