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World War Two: Books for Children and Young Adults -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 9 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
    The Sky Over Rebecca - by Matthew Fox

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781444964707 | ISBN 10: 1444964704

    Winner of The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2019  There was a single trail of footprints, the first I’d seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Earth is Singing by Vanessa Curtis
    The Earth is Singing - by Vanessa Curtis

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781474958660 | ISBN 10: 1474958664

    My name is Hanna. I am 15. I am Latvian. I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing, taken by the Russians. I have a boyfriend and I’m training to be a dancer. But none of that is important any more. Because the Nazis have arrived, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Little People, Big Dreams: Anne Frank by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Sveta Dorosheva
    Little People, Big Dreams: Anne Frank - by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Sveta Dorosheva

    £9.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786032928 | ISBN 10: 1786032929

    Anne Frank was born in Germany to a loving family. But when World War II broke out, Anne and her family had to hide in a secret annex in Amsterdam. Here, Anne wrote her famous diary, describing her belief in people's goodness and her hopes for peace. ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero
    The Dollmaker of Krakow - by R. M. Romero

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781406379822 | ISBN 10: 1406379824

    A timeless fantasy set in the Second World War that weaves together magic, folklore and history, perfect for fans of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mister Tom.  One night a little doll named Karolina comes to life i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
    Anna and the Swallow Man - by Gavriel Savit

    £7.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780141376646 | ISBN 10: 0141376643

    Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel that tells a new WW2 story. � Krak�w, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. And Anna Lania is just seve ... more

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  • Cover image of book Half a Man by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Gemma O’Callaghan
    Half a Man - by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Gemma O’Callaghan

    £5.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781406367133 | ISBN 10: 1406367133

    Revered author Michael Morpurgo looks back on the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war. Former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo remembers the post-war Britain of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
    The Boy at the Top of the Mountain - by John Boyne

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780552573504 | ISBN 10: 0552573507

    When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sadako
    Sadako's Cranes - by Judith Loske

    £12.99   hardback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9789881512604 | ISBN 10: 9881512603

    A true story about grief, hope and the dark side of nuclear power.   • Beautifully retold and illustrated by Judith Loske   • Even today, children from all over the world fold paper cranes as a sign of peace and hope and send them to Hiroshima ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
    An Elephant in the Garden - by Michael Morpurgo

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780007339587 | ISBN 10: 0007339585

    It’s 1945. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene.   When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must b ... more

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