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Waiting for Anya is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann publishers in 1990. The book was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It is set in Lescun, in the suburbs of France.

In the French Lescun during the Second World War, Jo is a young shepherd who is enjoying his childhood, but when his father goes to fight in the war, Jo must become the man of the house. After an incident with a bear, Jo meets a mysterious man in the forest. He follows the man to his home and learns his secret - he is a Jew named Benjamin that is responsible for smuggling Jewish children across the border into Spain, and safety, with the help of his mother-in-law (Widow Horcada). Jo starts helping them, and proving that he is one person who can be trusted.

When German soldiers move into town, things becomes much more difficult. Although most of the town's inhabitants come to accept the German occupation, the task of getting the Jewish children across the border becomes more dangerous. Jo, his grandfather, Benjamin and Widow Horcada devise a plan to get the children across. The plan requires the whole town help the children escape, and relies...