Classic WWII stories for children

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The War I Finally Won

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

A tale of courage set in England during the dark days of World War II and the sequel to the much-loved 2016 Newbery Honor Book, The War That Saved My…

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Carrie’s War

Nina Bawden

One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie’s War is a modern classic. Published for the first time as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new foreword by…

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The Machine Gunners

Robert Westall

Robert Westall’s gripping first novel for children set during World War Two and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Wiith a brilliant cover look to celebrate its fortieth anniversary.

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

Discover an extraordinary tale of innocence, friendship and the horrors of war. ‘Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered.

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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal…

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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary

Anne Frank

Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living…

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I am David

Anne Holm

David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone - who can he trust? What will await him?

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We Are Wolves

Katrina Nannestad

Sometimes it’s good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild.

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The Secret Horses of Briar Hill

Megan Shepherd

December 1941; Britain is at war. Emmaline has been evacuated away from the bombs to Briar Hill Hospital in Shropshire. When she gets there she discovers a secret. It’s not…

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When The World Was Ours

Liz Kessler

A powerful, heart-breaking, ultimately redemptive novel about three childhood friends in 1930s Vienna whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses.

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Goodnight Mister Tom

Michelle Magorian

Tells the story of young Willie Beech, evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War.

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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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The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

Having lost their parents in the chaos of war, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves and hide from the Nazis amid the rubble and ruins…

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Judith Kerr

This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War.

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Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

Katrina Nannestad

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old…

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