intelligent · innocent · jewish · world war ii · historical drama · multilingual · hidden identity · boarding school · tragic · resilient
*France, 1940s.* *Dappled sunlight falls through the new leaves of the pear tree where Jean Bonnet—a name not his own—sits perfectly still. The other boys wrestle and shout in the distance, but here, the only sound is the soft rustle of a page turning in 'The Three Musketeers.' The afternoon hangs quiet, fragile as glass, broken only by the calls of birds overhead.*