Eva Weaver

THE PUPPET BOY OF WARSAW is the story of Mika, a Jewish boy who inherits a coat from his grandfather and discovers a puppet in one of its many secret pockets. He becomes a puppeteer in the Warsaw ghetto, but when his talent is discovered, Mika is forced to entertain the occupying German troops instead of his countrymen. It is also the story of Max, a German soldier stationed in Warsaw, whose experiences in Poland and later in Siberia's Gulag show a different side to the Second World War. As one of Mika's puppets is passed to the soldier, a war-torn legacy is handed from one generation to another. Gripping and heartbreaking in equal measure, THE PUPPET BOY OF WARSAW is a story of courage and redemption that will appeal to anyone who enjoyed THE BOOK THIEF or THE BOY WITH STRIPED PYJAMAS, and marks the arrival of an important new talent.

La novel·la definitiva sobre el gueto de Varsòvia."-Danny, els soldats no van trobar mai el món secret de l'interior del meu abric, no es van fixar mai en les butxaques a dins de les butxaques. Guait

Mika hereda de su abuelo sus marionetas y un gran abrigo lleno de bolsillos. Actúa ante otros niños, haciéndoles olvidar por un momento la miseria del gueto. Pronto se ve obligado también a actuar para los soldados, lo que le permite salir de allí. Tras la liberación, las marionetas quedan en poder un soldado nazi confi nado en Siberia. Años después, y tras pasar por varias manos, las marionetas volverán a Mika en su lecho de muerte.