Book Description
for The Wren and the Sparrow by J. Patrick Lewis and Yevgenia Nayberg
From the Publisher
"An allegorical tale about Nazi-occupied Poland in which a town's residents are forced to turn over their musical instruments. A young student rescues the hurdy-gurdy of her teacher, who has presumably befallen a terrible fate, and later, a young boy finds the instrument and intends to pass it--and the importance of remembering--on to his future grandchildren"--
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.