The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

The Zookeeper's Wife

Diane Ackerman

368 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history sad slow-paced
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After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these "guests," and human names for the animals, i...

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informative: 65%

emotional: 60%

sad: 57%

inspiring: 43%

dark: 38%

reflective: 33%

tense: 30%

challenging: 27%

hopeful: 23%

adventurous: 12%

funny: 1%


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