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Imagine a world without any grown-ups telling you what to do. A world where the kids decide everything together. Janeck has a chance to live that life. Can he leave his old life behind? And can the others ever learn to trust a thief?

Ages 11+
Pages 188
Publisher Amsterdam
Last Offered Jun 2026

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11 Reviews

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Review by Simon

The book I am reviewing is called When We Had Wings by Tami Shem Tov it is about Janek, a 12 year old from Warsaw, Poland who is a thief who encounters an orphanage run by a very nice doctor. But then his sister gets a chance to move to Palestine and he has to decide weather to stay in Poland or go to Palestine with his sister. Overall I liked this book.

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When We Had Wings

Review by EMW123

I liked it but I felt that there was to much going on in one moment and that the story made no sense. For me it felt that the author did not talk about the past as much as they should. It also had a very complex plot and that meeting the cameraman was a bit hard to understand how the cameraman had a part of the story even though it was a big part it made no sense on how he fit in to the story. You go from orphan to author without much in-between. I did like the doctor's impact on the story and how it helped the main character see who he is that is not a thief. I also like how the author described the book so well that it felt that I was in it.

Jul 21, 2026 07:00 PM
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yes

Review by PeppyX4

best book ever 100/5

Jul 16, 2026 10:25 AM
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Good

Review by Bobrocks

Exiting and educational 3 out of 5

Jul 09, 2026 08:44 PM
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Great!

Review by oven

It was very exiting and emotional. It didn't talk about jews until the middle, but at least it told about them in a very interesting way

Jul 08, 2026 07:07 AM
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Good

Review by xerxestatum

This is a great book

Jun 07, 2026 08:10 PM