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WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 - FICTION (13) answer(s).
 
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Biggles delivers the goods / Johns, W.E. 2003  Book
Johns, W.E. Book
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Publication London, Red Fox, 2003.
Description 205pRed Spine
Series Biggles
Summary/Abstract Late in the Second World War Biggles and his team are in Malaya, operating a secret commando under the nose of the Japanese occupiers. Algy is captured after his plane goes down over the Indian Ocean but Biggles will not abandon him and a rescue plan is put into action...
Standard Number 0099394413 Pb.
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Biggles flies east / Johns, W.E. 2003  Book
Johns, W.E. Book
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Publication London, Red Fox, 2003.
Description 238pGrey Spine
Series Biggles
Summary/Abstract While on leave Biggles is mistaken for someone else. He thinks little of it at the time, but when headquarters find out they ask him to take the place of his double and work for the Germans as a spy, while secretly reporting back to the British. It's a difficult task and there's a very high price to pay if he's spotted - his life.
Standard Number 0099937808 Pb.
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Child of all Nations / Keun, Irmgard; Hofmann, Michael (Tr.) 2008  Book
Keun, Irmgard Book
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Publication London, Penguin Group, 2008.
Description 196pGreen spine
Summary/Abstract Because Kully's father has written the wrong things about his country, and because there might be a war coming (Kully's heard of some of the men involved, like Hitler, Chamberlain and Mussolini) her family can't go back to Germany. But because visas run out, they can't stay anywhere else either. So they keep moving from country to country and staying in hotels. Often Kully's father travels off to stir up an advance while she and her mother stay at the hotels in hock, while bills mount up and it becomes harder and harder to leave. This modern day classic was written in 1938, in German. Child of All Nations is a bittersweet masterpiece of constantly flagging and renewing hope in face of unvarying hardship.
Standard Number 9780713999075 Hb.
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Eagle in the snow / Morpurgo, Michael; Foreman, Michael (ill.) 2015  Book
Morpurgo, Michael Book
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Publication London, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015.
Description 264pGrey spine
Summary/Abstract The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing. It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late.
Standard Number 9780008161125 Pb.
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Eagle in the snow / Morpurgo, Michael; Foreman, Michael (ill.) 2015  Book
Morpurgo, Michael Book
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Publication London, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015.
Description 264pGrey spine
Summary/Abstract The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing. It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late.
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Standard Number 9780008161125 Pb.
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Elephant in the garden / Morpurgo, Michael 2013  Book
Morpurgo, Michael Book
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Publication New York, Square Fish, 2013.
Description 199pGrey spine
Summary/Abstract Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her. And then the bombs start to fall...
Standard Number 9781250034144 Pb.
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Hiroshima: a novella / Yep, Laurence 1995  Book
Yep, Laurence Book
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Publication New York, Scholastic, 1995.
Description 56pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
Standard Number 9780590208338 Pb.
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ID:   025401


Now or never: a Dunkirk story / Rai, Bali 2019  Book
Rai, Bali Book
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Publication London, Scholastic, 2019.
Description 204pRed Spine
Series Voices
Summary/Abstract Now or Never brings a young soldier, Private Fazal Khan, from his home in India to the battlefields of the Second World War. Fazal's world is now focused on Company 32 and the animals he cares for in the midst of one of the most frightening times in history. And as he and his friends make their way to the beaches of Dunkirk, Fazal must deal with even more than the terrors of a dangerous trek to reach the evacuation zone. Why should i boy from India show loyalty to people who don't all se his as their equal? Voices is a series of gripping adventures that reflect the authentic, unsung stories of our past.
Standard Number 9781407191362 Pb.
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Sandgame / Uri, Orlev; Halkin, Hillel (Tr.) 2003  Book
Uri, Orlev Book
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Publication New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 2003.
Description 61pYellow Spine
Series My Great Collection - Level II
Summary/Abstract A story of a young boy, who survived the Jewish Holocaust and grew up to be a well-known writer.
Standard Number 8125910344 Pb.
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ID:   027092


Secret project / Winter, Jonah; Winter, Jeanette (ill.) 2017  Book
Winter, Jonah Book
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Publication New York, Beach Lane Books, 2017.
Description 48pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract "The world's greatest scientists gather in a secret town in the desert to develop the atomic bomb."--
Standard Number 9781481469135 Hb.
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That year at Manikoil / Krishnakumar, Aditi 2022  Book
Krishnakumar, Aditi Book
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Publication Gurugram, Duckbill Books, 2022.
Description 183pGreen Spine
Series Songs of freedom
Summary/Abstract While World War II rages in Europe and the Japanese army draws closer to India, Raji and her sisters are sent off with their mother to stay in Manikoil, her mother's family village. But with her brother now a soldier in the British Indian Army and refugees fleeing from Malaya, Burma and other eastern countries back to India, Manikoil is no longer the peaceful haven it once was.
Standard Number 9780143454267 Pb.
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Wave me goodbye / Wilson, Jacqueline; Sharratt, Nick (ill.) 2018  Book
Wilson, Jacqueline Book
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Publication London, Corgi Yearling, 2018.
Description 452pRed spine
Summary/Abstract September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, 10-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train with her schoolmates. She doesn't know where she's going, or what's going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she's going on 'a little holiday'. Shirley is billeted in the country, with two boys from East End London, Kevin and Archie - and their experiences living in the strange, half-empty Red House, with the mysterious and reclusive Mrs Waverley, will change their lives for ever.
Standard Number 9780440871514 Pb.
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Whistling in the dark / Hughes, Shirley 2015  Book
Hughes, Shirley Book
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Publication London, Walker Books, 2015.
Description 236pRed Spine
Summary/Abstract Liverpool, 1940: thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under threat from the Nazi's terrifying nightly air-raids. It is not an easy time to be a teenager, especially with the sweet rationing, strict curfews and blackouts. Joan and best friend Doreen love going to the cinema until the bombings intensify and then even that becomes too dangerous, especially when an army deserter is found lurking near their home. Who is he and why does he think Joan can help him? As the Blitz worsens, Joan and her friends make a discovery that will tear the whole community apart.
Standard Number 9781406365696 Pb.
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