Along the tracks
War stories
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Escaping German persecution during World War II, eight-year-old Yankele and his Jewish family leave Poland for Russia. They find refuge in Crimea, only to be displaced again by a Nazi invasion. Yankele is separated from his family and begins an… arduous journey walking and hopping freight trains, searching for his mother. He befriends other "abandoned ones" trying to survive in war-torn Europe. Junior high and older. 1991. Uniform title: Le-orekh ha-mesilah.