The orphan
She is mostly bored with having to stay in her apartment and not getting to go to school because of the Nazi occupation. Although Elzbieta has seen horrible things already, things she can tell no one, she is still naïve about what is going on in the ghetto just a few blocks from her apartment. In 1942, fourteen year old Elzbieta Rabinek is living with her adopted parents and uncle in Warsaw. The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer (Author), Nancy Peterson (Narrator), Charlie Thurston (Narrator) But his recklessness brings unwanted attention to Sara's cause, unwittingly putting Elzbieta and her family in harm's way until one violent act threatens to destroy their chance at freedom forever.įrom Nazi occupation to the threat of a communist regime, The Warsaw Orphan is the unforgettable story of Elzbieta and Roman's perilous attempt to reclaim the love and life they once knew. For Roman Gorka, this final injustice stirs him to rebellion with a zeal not even his newfound love for Elzbieta can suppress. Using Sara's credentials to smuggle children out of the ghetto brings Elzbieta face-to-face with the reality of the war behind its walls, and to the plight of the Gorka family, who must make the impossible decision to give up their newborn daughter or watch her starve. But in befriending Sara, a nurse who shares her apartment floor, Elzbieta makes a discovery that propels her into a dangerous world of deception and heroism. She knows all too well about German brutality-and that it's the reason she must conceal her true identity. She has no fondness for the Germans who patrol her streets and impose their curfews, but has never given much thought to what goes on behind the walls that contain her Jewish neighbors. In the spring of 1942, young Elzbieta Rabinek is aware of the swiftly growing discord just beyond the courtyard of her comfortable Warsaw home.