A Daring Escape by Tricia Goyer

A Daring Escape by Tricia Goyer ISBN-13: 9780736965149 Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Harvest House Publishers Released: Jan. 1, 2018

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from NetGalley:
As the threat of World War II looms on the horizon, American Amity Mitchell is living a comfortable life abroad as a tutor in England. Life changes when an urgent telegram arrives from her brother, Andrew, summoning her to Prague. Nazi forces tighten their grip on the country, and Andrew's efforts to help Jewish children escape Czechoslovakia grow desperate. Children's lives are at risk. Amity knows she can't ignore God's call to join her brother's cause.

Amity's boss, Clark, arrives in Prague, urging her to return. Soon, he too finds himself helping prepare kindertransports bound for the safety of England. With the sound of German tanks rumbling over cobblestone streets, Amity and Clark race to save innocent lives. Will their prayers for deliverance be answered?


My Review:
A Daring Escape is a Christian historical set in England and Czechoslovakia from Dec. 12, 1938 to April 13, 1939. This is the second book in the series, but it has different main characters than those in the first book.

Amity's brother asks her to organize the efforts to register Jewish children in Czechoslovakia for kindertransports while he helps find sponsors for them in England. She feels God has called her to this potentially dangerous job. She works to save the children until after the Nazis invade and start questioning her about some of the people who are on those trains. The other point of view characters were: a Nazis who is searching for the wife of a Jewish man he killed so he can discover the hidden treasure her husband left behind. And the wife of the murdered man who has to flee with her children and face the agonizing choice of giving up her children to save their lives.

The characters were likable and acted in realistic ways. The suspense came from the physical danger to the good characters. The historical details and setting were woven into the story. The Christian element was mainly the willingness of various Christians to risk their lives to help Jews escape. There was no bad language or sex. Overall, I'd recommend this exciting novel.


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