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        The Painted Bird


        setting

        Poland

        time

        WWII

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1965

        page count

        234

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Boy

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        In the first weeks of World War II, in the fall of 1939, a six year old boy from a large city in Eastern Europe was sent by his parents, like thousands of other children, to the shelter of a distant village.

        last lines

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