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Now or Never

Bali Rai

A gripping adventure in an exciting new series reflecting the authentic, unsung stories of our past! 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 […]

Adventure, Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Violence, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Messenger Bird

Ruth Eastham

Nathan’s father has been arrested. He works for the Ministry of Defence and is accused of leaking top secret information. But as he is dragged into a police car, he gives Nathan a message. It leads to a riddle, but it’s not from Dad. It’s from an ex-Bletchley Park employee, Lily Kenley, and was written in […]

Adventure, Bletchley Park, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Emergency Zoo

Miriam Halahmy

It is late August 1939: Britain is on the brink of war, and preparations are under way to evacuate London’s children to the countryside. When twelve-year-old Tilly and her best friend Rosy find out that they will not be able to take their beloved dog and cat with them – and that, even worse, their […]

Adventure, Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fiction, Historical, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Flight

Vanessa Harbour

Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Herr Engel in a rural stable, where they hide the precious Lipizzanner stallions they know Hitler wants to steal. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, Jakob and his guardian know they must get the stallions to safety, but the only […]

Adventure, Animals, Bletchley Park, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Historical, Historical Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Our Castle By the Sea

Lucy Strange

England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, Pet’s world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart. This is the story of a girl who is small, afraid and unnoticed. A girl who freezes with […]

Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Historical Fiction, Magic, War, Water, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Accidental Secret Agent

Tom McLaughlin

Schoolboy turns secret agent in this hilarious spy spoof!

Bletchley Park, Fiction, Funny, Picture Books

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Wall

Tom Clohosy Cole

This spectacular book follows one boy’s struggle to reunite his family.

Bletchley Park, Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Picture Books, War

AGES: All-Ages

Secret Breakers – The Power of Three

H.L. Dennis

A Da Vinci Code for kids... Imagine the chance to solve the Voynich Manuscript - a puzzle that has truly defeated adults for centuries.

Adventure, Bletchley Park, Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14