Book set in Warsaw Zoo During the Second World War

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I recently finished reading Stars by Antony Lishak which is a book set in Warsaw Zoo during the Second World War and I thought it may be interesting to people here (particularly those also interested in history).

Rather than attempt to summarise it myself, here is the blurb:

Warsaw, September 1939. For twelve-year-old best friends, Stefan and Marcus, the zoo is their playground. Stefan lives with his family at the zoo and has grown up with the animals and their keepers. But Marcus is Jewish, and when Nazi troops invade Warsaw their world is torn apart. Against all odds and at enormous risk, their fathers devise a wild scheme to protect Stefan’s family and other Jews. But boys will be boys, and a rebellious act of revenge threatens everyone.

Inspired by the fact that hundreds of Polish Jews found shelter in the abandoned cages and underground rooms of Warsaw Zoo, Stars is a story of brotherhood, courage and above all hope in the face of adversity.

So although it isn't about the zoo exactly, there are quite a few details etc. about the zoo because that is where the entire story is set.