War and conflict (primary)

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The Boy and the Spy

Felice Arena

Life has never been easy for Antonio, but since the war began there are German soldiers on every corner, fearsome gangsters and the fascist police everywhere, and no one ever…

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Pennies For Hitler

Jackie French

A companion piece to the bestselling Hitler’s Daughter.       

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The Children of the King

Sonya Hartnett

Three children have been sent to live in the countryside, safe from the war in London.When they find two boys hiding in a castle, the past and future come together…

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The Bicycle Spy

Yona,Zeldis McDonough

Can Marcel make the ride of his life?

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Hana’s Suitcase Anniversary Edition: A true story

Karen Levine

When Hana’s suitcase arrives from Germany at the small Holocaust education centre in Japan, all the children who visit want to know about Hana. When Fumiko Ishioka, the centre’s curator…

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Eleanor Coerr

After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia–known as the atom bomb disease. But she faces life with…

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Only Remembered

Michael Morpurgo

Published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this anthology collects favourite extracts, poems and images from some of the UK’s leading cultural, political and…

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Prince of Afghanistan

Louis Nowra

Black parachutes fall from the sky: young soldiers - and a dog - on a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan. But the mission ends in chaos, and…

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Refuge

Anne Booth

The Christmas story and what follows: the fleeing of Jesus, Mary and Joseph from Herod'ssoldiers to Egypt. This is a book with timeless crossover appeal and a message that couldn’t…

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Ship of Dolls

Shirley Parenteau

Inspired by a project organized in 1926 by teacher-missionary Sidney Gulick, in which American children sent more than 12,000 Friendship Dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war…

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Loyal Creatures

Morris Gleitzman

In 2014 Morris Gleitzman promises to captivate his fans yet again with another heart-rending and compelling novel set in wartime. Once, Then, After and Now took us inside young people…

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The Journey

Francesca Sanna

With haunting echoes of current affairs this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and…

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Hope in a Ballet Shoe

Michaela DePrince,Elaine DePrince

Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage…

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The War that Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their…

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