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Lise Favreau Reviews The Children’s Train

November 13, 2015

“I am often on the fence about whether I want to read another novel set during WWII. Good novels that depict this horrific part of history can be so painful, and bad novels are such an insult to the suffering of all people who died or survived during WWII. So I read novels set in…

Diana Fontaine Reviews The Children’s Train

November 11, 2015

“Have you ever read a book that hit you so hard you had trouble getting into the next one? For the last two weeks, I’ve been in a reading slump since reading The Children’s Train by Jana Zinser. It has been a long time since I’ve been completely devastated by a book. But when you…

Remembering the Night of Broken Glass November 9-10, 1938

November 9, 2015

Shattered storefront of a Jewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass”). Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1938. — National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

Colorado Country Life Magazine Reviews The Children’s Train

November 4, 2015

The Children’s Train was reviewed by Colorado Country Life Magazine. Also check out John A. Daly’s new book Blood Trade and Ed Loffredo’s children’s book The Lost Aztiki Tribe and the Mysterious Cave of Gold.

Pat McKelvey Reviews The Children’s Train

November 2, 2015

I knew nothing about the WW2 Kindertransport and was pleased to be given the chance to read this historical fictional novel. It’s particularly timely now, when we have so many thousands of children fleeing bombs or oppression and/or torture, but with not enough places willing to take them in. England managed to save about 10,000…

Angela Murray Reviews The Children’s Train 5 Stars!

November 1, 2015

It’s horrifying and moving and enlightening and as heartbreaking and as gut wrenching as anything I’ve read about the holocaust ; yet it is hopeful . The horrors and the fears faced by the Jewish children in this novel were faced by the one and a half million children who were killed by the Nazis…

Amazon Restocking The Children’s Train

October 30, 2015

Amazon will be restocked with copies of The Children’s Train on November 2! Thanks for being patient!

Video Trailer for The Children’s Train

October 26, 2015

See the video trailer for The Children’s Train Click Here.

Publication for The Children’s Train is Monday!

October 23, 2015

On October 26th, this Monday, The Children’s Train will be available on Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, Barnes & Noble and BQB Publishing!

The Children’s Train on Bublish

October 22, 2015

Excerpts from The Children’s Train on Bublish.Excerpt Chapter 1 The Butcher ShopExcerpt Chapter 2 Hitler Was Real After AllExcerpt Chapter 7 The World Has Gone Mad

Dorothy Calderwood Reviews The Children’s Train

October 21, 2015

A beautifully written book. Sadly, the historical details are true and this makes the story all the more poignant. At times heartbreaking, at times hopeful and optimistic, this book will stay with the reader for a long time. The author is definitely one to watch. 5 out of 5 stars.

Arlene Ciausu Reviews The Children’s Train

October 13, 2015

Have tissue handy as you read through the pages of this amazing tale. It is a great read that will have tears streaming down your cheeks as you come across the great injustice suffered by the children. I could not put this book down as it had me addicted wanting to know and hoping that…