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001 1151062436
003 OCoLC
005 20250318112639.0
008 200728s2021 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a2020034178
020 _a9780062940506
020 _a9780062940513
040 _cAJM
041 1 _aeng
_hita
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPQ4901.R43
_bT7413 2021
082 0 0 _a853/.92
_223
100 1 _aArdone, Viola,
_d1974-
_eauthor.
_919481
240 1 0 _aTreno dei bambini.
_lEnglish
245 1 4 _aThe children's train :
_ba novel /
_cViola Ardone ; translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarperVia,
_c[2021]
300 _a306 pages ;
_c24 cm.
_eA Note on the Lyrics, A Note From the Translator.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aOriginally published as Il treno dei bambini in Italy in 2019 by Einaudi.
520 _aThough Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the second world war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. Then Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat. Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aChildren
_zItaly
_vFiction.
_919482
650 0 _aFamilies
_zItaly
_vFiction.
_919483
651 0 _aItaly
_xHistory
_y1945-1976
_vFiction.
_919484
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft
_9129
700 1 _aBotsford, Clarissa,
_etranslator.
_919485
907 _a.b168930547
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c30459
_d30459