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“Until they broke my legs no one could run faster than me. Thanks to my amazing speed, I won races, eluded street gangs and bullies, and also managed to grab and run, to steal. I was proud of my running but not of stealing. I especially hated being called a thief and the son of a thief, but that was the truth.” Janek Wolf is an injured, angry, petty thief. When he arrives to Janusz Korczak’s orphanage, he gets a once in a lifetime chance to change his destiny. It is a place managed by the children, and their society is based on friendship, solidarity, and justice. Will they accept him? Can he break his street life habits and become one of them? And could he possibly find a new dream? Janusz Korczak, an educator, pediatrician, writer, and champion of children's rights, established a democratic orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland, 1912. It was managed by the children. They were judges in its court, writers in its newspaper and helpers in the kitchen and yard. For 30 years it was a loving home for hundreds of children. They called it “A Garden of Eden for kids.”

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Tami Shem-Tov, born in Israel in 1969, is an award-winning writer for children and young readers. She writes mainly historical novels, biographies, and stories based on real events. She teaches creative writing in universities and libraries and meets children for talks about books and the power of stories to make a change. She lives in Tel-Aviv with her two daughters. When We Had Wings is the first volume of a trilogy. The second volume is When We Flew Away. Tami Shem-Tov is currently writing the third part of this trilogy.

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