An Act of Love
Diary of A Young Girl
Stories of the First World War
Goodnight Mister Tom
Birdsong
Alan Gibbons
Anne Frank
Jim Eldridge
Michelle Magorian
Sebastian Faulks
Crackling with tension, a timely,
Carnegie-nominated thriller which
explores the consequences of the war on terror
on two young lives Childhood friends Chris and
Imran celebrate the millennium as inseparable
blood brothers, both seven years old. But by
2011 their lives have taken very different paths.
One has joined the Army and served in
Afghanistan, while the other is a potential jihad
recruit. They are no longer friends, and there are
bitter wounds between them which remain
unhealed. Will their childhood bond be strong
enough to overcome an extremist plot? In a
highly-charged, honest, and life affirming story
told in flashbacks from both Chris and Imran's
viewpoint, this novel cleverly explores the very
real issue of terrorism that affects everyone
today.
In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942,
the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank
and her family into hiding. For over two years,
they, another family and a German dentist lived
in a 'secret annexe', fearing discovery. All that
time, Anne kept a diary. An intimate record of
tension and struggle, adolescence and
confinement, anger and heartbreak, Anne
Frank's diary is one of those unique documents,
famed throughout the world, that portrays
innocence and humanity, suffering and survival
in the starkest and most moving terms.
The story of the Great War of 19141918 told through the experiences of
twelve children and young people. From the
efforts on the Home Front in both Britain and
Germany, to the young soldiers in the trenches
at the Western Front and from the horrors of
Gallipoli to the naval battle of Jutland.
Mum said war was a punishment from
God for people's sins, so he'd better
watch out. She didn't tell him what to watch out
for, though. When the Second World War breaks
out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the
countryside. A sad, deprived child, he slowly
begins to flourish under the care of kind old Tom
Oakley. But then his cruel mother summons him
back to war-torn London. Will he ever see Mister
Tom again?
Set before and during the great war,
Birdsong captures the drama of that era
on both a national and a personal scale. It is the
story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who
arrives in Amiens in 1910. Over the course of
the novel he suffers a series of traumatic
experiences, from the clandestine love affair that
tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the
unprecedented experiences of the war itself.
War Route
Escape from Germany
Carrie's War
Blitz
War Horse
Tamar
Penny McKinlay
Nina Bawden
David Orme
Michael Morpurgo
Mal Peet
A young Jewish girl and her family
must flee Germany, leaving their
friends and everything they hold dear behind, as
they make a bid for survival.
'I did a dreadful thing...or I feel that I did
and nothing can change it...' It is the
Second World War and Carrie and Nick are
evacuated from London to a small town in Wales
where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and
his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert is
luckier living in Druid's Bottom with Hepzibah
Green who tells wonderful stories and the
strange Mister Johnny who speaks a language
all of his own. Carrie and Nick are happy to visit
Albert there until one day when Carrie does a
terrible thing - the worst thing she ever did in her
life.
Set in World War II, when Martin is
evacuated to the country. However, he
hates it there and manages to find his way back
home to London. But home isn't where it used to
be - a bomb has exploded in the street - leaving
him homeless.
A stunning wartime classic. In the
deadly chaos of the First World War,
one horse witnesses the reality of battle from
both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by
artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his
back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest
friendships surviving in terrible times. 'The
bedlam of battle had begun. All around me men
cried and fell to the ground, and horses reared
and screamed in an agony of fear and pain. The
shells whined and roared overhead, and every
explosion seemed like an earthquake to us.' One
horse has the seen the best and the worst of
humanity. The power of war and the beauty of
peace. This is his story.
A thrilling and moving story about love,
betrayal and belonging. When Tamar's
grandfather, an intensely private man, falls from
a balcony to his death, he leaves behind a box
with Tamar's name on it. For a long time Tamar
refuses even to think about it...
Private Peaceful
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
Michael Morpurgo
Told in the voice of a young soldier, the
story follows 24 hours in his life at the
front during World War I, and captures his
memories as he looks back over his life. Full of
detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book
leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion.
John Boyne
The day the First World War broke out
Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't
go away to fight - but he broke that promise the
following day. Four years later Alfie doesn't
know where his father might be other than that
he's away on a special secret mission. Then
while shining shoes at King's Cross Station Alfie
unexpectedly sees his father's name - on a
sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor.
Bewildered and confused Alfie realises his father
is in a hospital close by - a hospital treating
soldiers with shell-shock. Alfie isn't sure what
shell-shock is but is determined to rescue his
father from this strange unnerving place.
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Breadwinner
John Boyne
Maria Remarque Erich
Deborah Ellis
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 approaching; and this
is no ordinary house for this is the Berghof the
home of Adolf Hitler. Quickly Pierrot is taken
under Hitler's wing and is thrown into an
increasingly dangerous new world: a world of
terror secrets and betrayal from which he may
never be able to escape.
This World War I novel is a German
author's attempt to tell of a generation
of men who, even though they may have
escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.
Afghanistan: Parvana's father is
arrested and removed by Taliban
solders. Under Taliban law, women and girls are
not allowed to leave home without a man, so
Parvana, her mother and sisters must stay
inside. When their food runs out, they face
starvation, so Parvana must pretend to be a boy.
War Route
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite
us ...Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing
of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is
oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted
on the people of Europe by his country. All he
knows is that he has been moved from a
comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a
desolate area where there is nothing to do and
no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a
boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the
other side of the adjoining wire fence and who,
like the other people there, wears a uniform of
striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel
will take him from innocence to revelation. And
in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he
will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible
process.
Lord of the Rings Part One the
Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien
In The Fellowship of the Ring the young
hobbit, Frodo, is bequeathed a magical ring from
his Uncle Bilbo, and learns that he must take it
into the land of the Dark Lord, Sauron, and cast
it into the Cracks of Doom.
Burn My Heart
Eleven Eleven
Betrayal
Beverley Naidoo
Paul Dowswell
Ann Jungman
The Mau Mau - the name of a secret
society that once struck terror into the
hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in
history that ended in a State of Emergency, with
violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This is
an intensely personal and vivid story of two
boys: one black, one white. Once they were
friends even though their circumstances are very
different. But in a country riven by fear and
prejudice, even the best of friends can betray
one another ...Internationally acclaimed and
award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores
new territory in this beautifully realized and
moving story set in Britain's colonial past.
Set during the final 24 hours before the
armistice at 11 a.m. on 11th November
1918 the story follows a German storm trooper
an American airman and a British Tommy. Their
destinies converge during the death throes of
the first ever conflict to spread across the globe.
War becomes incredibly personal as nationality
and geography cease to matter to each of these
teenagers on the Western Front and friendship
becomes the defining aspect of their encounter.
But who will live and who will die before the end
of the day?
It's 1930s Germany. Hannah is Jewish.
Inge's family are Nazis. Can they keep
their promise to be best friends forever - or will
Inge betray Hannah?