In the last months of World War II, two Jewish boys are taken from the Ghetto by their mothers to the forest of the Eastern Front and told to wait for their return. The boys forge a strong friendship, learning from one another and helping others escape through the woods.

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Published by Seven Stories Press. Originally published in Hebrew in 2013 as "Yalda Shelo Minhaolam Hazé."

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