The city is under siege. Bombs are commonplace and food has grown scarce. Eleven-year-old Niko and his family need to escape-but can they really get out?

Based on the true story of South Australian vet, Jarko Dobes, a Bosnian refugee who experienced the Siege of Sarajevo as a boy.

First published in 2014, Paper Planes was a Children’s Book Council Notable Book, shortlisted in the Adelaide Festival Children’s Literature Awards and selected for the South Australian and Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenges. The book has also been studied in schools around the country. Teaching notes can be found at www.allaynewebster.com/paper-planes