About the book: 2023 / In 1941, in occupied Paris, two brothers carefreely play their favorite game of marbles. This evening it turns out that ten-year-old Joseph and twelve-year-old Maurice will have to flee across the country to their older brothers in a zone free from German occupation. Joseph Joffo wrote an autobiographical novel about France in 1941 back in the last century. The book sold millions of copies around the world. The author speaks candidly about what a little ten-year-old Jewish man had to face in a Nazi-occupied country. This true story offers a heartbreaking but inspiring look at a childhood cut short.