THE BOOK OF ARON

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD**'Powerful . . . shattering . . . a masterpiece' The Times'Testament of love and sacrifice . . . a masterpiece' Joshua Ferris Guardian'Transcendent and timeless . . . masterpiece' Washington PostAron is a nine-year-old Polish Jew and a troublemaker. His mother despairs of him. His father beats him. He tries to be good. But in 1939 as the walls go up around the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw as lice and typhus rage families starve and fight it is Aron who finds a way - however dangerous however treacherous - to survive. It isn't until he lands at the feet of Janusz Korczak - orphanage director and reluctant hero - that he learns of something greater than survival.**With new exclusive endmatter featuring a biography of Korczak and questions for book clubs**