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The Garden of Inside-Outside

Chiara Mezzalama & Regis Lejonc & Sarah Ardizzone

Inspired by the childhood of the author, whose father was appointed Italian ambassador to Tehran in 1980, this picture book is a beautiful evocation of a country struck by war, where friendship arises despite the rising walls. In the summer of 1981, Chiara and her family join their father in Iran. At their beautiful palace, […]

Adventure, Family, Fiction, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

Saving Stella

Bassel Abou Fakher & Deborah Blumenthal & Nadine Kaadan

For fans of Two Bobbies comes a moving, true story about a young man and his dog who escape the violence of the Syrian War. Some bonds are stronger than war . . . Life for musician Bassel and his dog Stella in Damascus, Syria, has changed since the civil war began. Instead of enjoying […]

Adventure, Animals, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Migration/ Refugees, Non-fiction, Picture Books, War

AGES: 3-7

Noor Inayat Khan – My Story

Sufiya Ahmed

My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan. It’s 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up to […]

Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Mystery/murder, Politics/human rights, War

AGES: 10-12

Boy, Everywhere

A. M. Dassu

13 year old Sami has a good life in Damascus, playing football and computer games with his friends, nagging his parents for new trainers and trying to get time on the iPad. Although he knows there is war in the rest of the country, he never seriously imagines it will reach Damascus. It’s a normal […]

Family, Fear, Fiction, Personal/social issues, Politics/human rights, Travel, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

Alexis Deacon & Julian Sedgwick & Marcus Sedgwick

Harry Black is lost between the world of war and the land of myth in this illustrated novel that transports the tale of Orpheus to World War II-era London. Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that […]

Fiction, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Historical, Historical Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

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

Vango: Between Sky and Earth

Sarah Ardizzone & Timothée de Fombelle

In the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows, despite his interest in Ethel, Vango is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder, as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions, Vango attempts to trace the […]

Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Mystery/murder, Romantic, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Tomorrow

Nadine Kaadan

Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to […]

Adventure, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Picture Books, Travel, Violence, War

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

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

The Jungle

Pooja Puri

There was a story Jahir used to tell me. About how the first humans were born with wings. Can you imagine what that would be like? To fly anywhere in the world without worrying about having the right papers? Mico has left his family, his home, his future. Forced to set out in search […]

Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

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+

Alpha

Barroux & Bessora & Sarah Ardizzone

An incredible story of journeys and survival.

Empathy, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Personal Stories, Picture Books, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Pomegranate Tree

Vanessa Altin

'As we sat in the little courtyard listening to the gunfire in the streets below us, I started to write...’

Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Wings: Flyboy

Tom Palmer

An adventure more thrilling than any football match!

Adventure, Historical Fiction, Sports, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

These Dark Wings

John Owen Theobald

Book one of The Ravenmaster Trilogy, an atmospheric novel based in the historical Tower of London.

Animals, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Historical Fiction, Mystery/murder, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

City of Ghosts

Bali Rai

An epic tale of love, war and rebellion. Can the ghosts of the past change the future of the citizens of Amritsar . . . ?

Friendship, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Romantic, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria.

Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Travel, War

AGES: 10-12

Bitter Chocolate

Sally Grindley

Pascal's life is like any other boy's as he worries about his English classes and his football skills - until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes.

Adventure, Fiction, Food, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, War

AGES: 10-12

Buffalo Soldier

Tanya Landman

What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who.

Adventure, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Far From Home

Na'ima B. Robert

Two girls linked by a terrible secret...

Adventure, Faith/ Culture, Family, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Self-discovery, War

AGES: 10-12

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

Walter Tull’s Scrapbook

Michaela Morgan

The inspirational true story of Walter Tull’s life, vividly reimagined here in scrapbook form, drawing on photographs, documents and records of his life.

Biography, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Historical, Historical Fiction, Sports, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

I Have a Right to be a Child

Sarah Ardizzone

I am a child... But do I have rights?

Family, Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Personal/social issues, Picture Books, Politics/human rights, War

AGES: 3-7

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

Tillys Promise

Linda Newbery

When war breaks out, Tilly Peacock and her sweetheart Harry are keen to do their bit - Tilly as a nurse and Harry as a soldier in France.

Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fiction, Illness / Hospitals, Romantic, War, Women and feminism, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14