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Mohinder’s War

A thrilling World War II adventure set in occupied France, featuring an Indian RAF pilot. Great for fans of Michael Morpurgo and John Boyne, and those who want diverse historical fiction. Thirteen-year-old Joelle Breton stumbles across Indian-born RAF pilot Mohinder Singh when his plane crashes in occupied France and it’s up to her and her […]

Adventure, Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Saving Hanno: A Refugee Boy and His Dog

Karin Littlewood & Miriam Halahmy

Nine-year-old Rudi and his beloved dog Hanno escape from Nazi Germany, but Rudi soon learns he’ll have to protect Hanno from an entirely new threat in this thrilling reimagining of a little known World War II event. What if you had to leave your dog behind when you fled? Nine-year-old Rudi has a chance to […]

Adventure, Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Historical, Historical Fiction, Personal/social issues, Religion, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

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

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

Respect: The Walter Tull Story

Michaela Morgan

A fictionalised account of the life of Walter ‘Tully’ Tull, a hero – on the football field and on the battlefield. His grandparents had been slaves and after his parents died, Walter and his brother Eddie were brought up in a children’s home. Read about how Walter, or Tully as he was known, became […]

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

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Secret of Nightingale Wood

Lucy Strange

1919. Henry has moved to the countryside with her parents and her baby sister, Piglet – all still scarred by the death of her brother. Alone in her head, she begins to explore her surroundings, encouraged by her only friends – characters from her favourite books. Nobody much notices when she wanders into the woods at the bottom of the garden and meets Moth, a striking witch-like woman. Together […]

Family, Grief/Loss, Historical Fiction, Magic, Nature/ Outdoors, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

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+

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

Girl with a White Dog

Anne Booth

Jessie is excited when her gran gets a white Alsatian puppy, but with Snowy's arrival a mystery starts to unfold.

Animals, Family, Fiction, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 7-10

Uprooted

Lynne Reid Banks

A nearly-true story of the author’s adventures as a wartime evacuee to Canada.

Biography, Family, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Self-discovery, Travel, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

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

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