War has arrived in Britain and many are struggling to digest the news. Stefan tries to distract himself with the help of Sid. Euphemia makes a big decision about her and her sons future.

CHAPTER EIGHT: Declaration of War

A SYNOPSIS OF ‘FROM THE WOLF’S DEN’ BY KIRSTY CAMPBELL: Stefan Gundelach, a six-year-old Jewish boy, is forced to flee from Berlin, Germany after SS officers destroy the orphanage he resides in during Kristallnacht. With very few other options, Stefan is sent via the Kindertransport scheme to Britain where he enrols in the Grimley Institute For Boys, a boarding school situated in Gravesend, Kent. Having left his father-figure, Frank Falkenberg, and his best friend, Jens Wintermeyer, behind, Stefan struggles to adapt to British life and is left feeling isolated and alone as a result. Stefan is thrown into turmoil after meeting the school’s mysterious and malevolent headmaster, Ebenezer Finch, who doesn’t hold back his disapproval towards the young boy; simply because he is of German and Jewish heritage. Finch, along with two of his students, make Stefan’s life a misery, and when a classmate vanishes in extremely suspicious circumstances, the truth about what is really go…

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CHAPTER EIGHT: Declaration of War

CHAPTER EIGHT: Declaration of War