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Anna and the Swallow Man

Anna and the Swallow Man

Author: Gavriel Savit
Publishing date: 2017
'A beautifully haunting and thought-provoking story of friendship that lingers long after the last page' Ruta Sepetys, Author of Salt to the Sea'A small wonder, and for once a book worthy of the hype' The Times'A chilling, stylishly written and utterly memorable story' Guardian'Savit's story is aimed at anyone who will listen. A 10-year-old may identify with Anna. A teenage reader will absorb the deftness and sophistication of the telling. An adult will find their expectations challenged' New York TimesAnna and the Swallow Man is a stunning debut novel for readers aged ten to one hundred and ten that tells a new story of World War Two.Kraków, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. And Anna Lania is just seven
42.00 zł -50.78% 20.67 zł
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Ashes

Ashes

Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publishing date: 2011
24.15 zł
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

Author: Chris Priestley
Publishing date: 2013
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
39.00 zł
Desert Danger

Desert Danger

Author: Jim Eldridge
Publishing date: 2013
DESERT DANGER is the story of 19-year-old Tim Jackson, in North Africa during World War II. Set during the decisive Battle of El Alamein that took place in Egypt in 1942, this is the tale of a young man serving with the British 'Eighth Army' who destroyed German forces. Vividly imagined and historically accurate, readers are taken on a first-hand journey of danger and peril where Tim is desperately trying to keep his hands steady and nerves calm so he can move mines and clear the path for the army to the front.
39.00 zł
Girls at War

Girls at War

Author: Ann Turnbull
Publishing date: 2019
When Josie goes to stay with her cousin Edith, she's glad to be starting a new life away from the shame that has haunted her family since her brother refused to fight in the war. But Edith's friends keep teasing a shy classmate, and when the bullying gets out of hand, Josie faces a dilemma: if she takes a stand, will Edith tell everyone her secret?
37.00 zł
Milkweed

Milkweed

Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publishing date: 2010
30.45 zł
My Friend the Enemy

My Friend the Enemy

Author: Dan Smith
Publishing date: 2013
One night in 1941, the war comes to Peter when a German plane crashes into woods near where he lives. Peter rushes to the crash hoping to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman in need of his help.
36.00 zł
The Promise

The Promise

Author: Pnina Bat Zvi
Publishing date: 2019
The night that Rachel and Toby's parents are taken away by the Nazis, they give their eldest daughter three gold coins. They also ask her to promise that no matter what she and her sister will always stay together. Toby must risk her life and use the well-hidden gold coins to rescue her little sister who becomes sick.
47.00 zł
Wanted!

Wanted!

Author: Kate Thompson
Publishing date: 2012
When a slave boy shoves the reins of a sleek, beautiful horse into Marcus's hands seconds before he is killed by a soldier, Marcus knows he's in danger - because the horse is Incitatus, the Emperor's most prized and powerful animal.
36.00 zł
Hero at Dunkirk

Hero at Dunkirk

Author: Vince Cross
Publishing date: 2013
Joe Read was 15 years old when he was caught up in a moment in history no one will ever forget. Winston Churchill called it 'a miracle of deliverance' when over 300000 British and allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by a fleet of over 800 boats. Joe and his father Wally risked their lives taking their pleasure craft, the New Britannic, across the channel. Joe's story is told here for the first time.
39.00 zł
Hetty Feather's Christmas

Hetty Feather's Christmas

Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publishing date: 2018
Cosy up for Christmas with this brand-new festive story, starring everyone's favourite Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather! An unexpected gift leads to trouble for Hetty on Christmas Day at the Foundling Hospital, and the dreaded Matron Bottomly is delighted to have an excuse to exclude Hetty from the festive celebrations.
36.00 zł
Highway Girl

Highway Girl

Author: Valerie Wilding
Publishing date: 2015
It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill Susannah will stop at nothing to get the money she desperately needs to save his life...
35.00 zł
Jimmy's Stars

Jimmy's Stars

Author: Mary Ann Rodman
Publishing date: 2009
Set in Pennsylvania during the Second World War, this is an unforgettably moving tale of growing up and facing change amid the sacrifices of war. It's September, 1943, and American forces are fighting the Japanese in World War II. By now, eleven-year old Ellie is used to making sacrifices for the war effort, having relinquished her roller skates for the scrap-metal drive. However, nothing prepares her for the ultimate sacrifice when her beloved brother Jimmy is drafted into the service. Quickly, Ellie's life is turned upside down, as her Aunt Toots moves into their home and into Jimmy's bedroom, and her mother even takes a war job at the local factory. As the war drags on, and more families begin to receive the dreaded telegrams informing them that their fathers, sons
33.00 zł
Road to War

Road to War

Author: Valerie Wilding
Publishing date: 2015
It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches...
36.00 zł
Penguin Minis: Between...

Penguin Minis: Between Shades of Gray

Author: Ruta Sepetys
Publishing date: 2019
Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life — until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father’s prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive?A moving and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Book Thief.Praise for Between Shades of Gray:“Superlative. A hefty emotional punch.”
41.00 zł
The Final Ashes

The Final Ashes

Author: Emily Sharratt
Publishing date: 2016
The fourth and final book in the personal and moving coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the First World War. War is finally coming to an end and Ellie's life is unrecognizable from her school days just a few years earlier. Torn between her dreams of city life and loyalty to the village she once called home, Ellie has big decisions to make. And at the heart of her choices is Jack. He's been her first love, but can they work out a life together if they now dream of entirely different futures?
36.00 zł
Valentine Joe

Valentine Joe

Author: Rebecca Stevens
Publishing date: 2014
Rose's granddad takes her on a trip to Ypres, Belgium to visit the graves of those who died in the Great War. It's the day before Valentine's, but Rose can sense the shattered old city beneath the chocolate-box new. And it seems that it can sense her too. When she goes up to her room that night, she hears the sound of marching feet and glimpses from her window a young soldier on his way to the front line .
36.00 zł
Where Poppies Grow

Where Poppies Grow

Author: Emily Sharratt
Publishing date: 2015
The third book in the personal and moving coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the First World War. Winter, 1916. Ellie is determined to leave tiny Endstone village and follow her dream of becoming a nurse. But leaving home and starting work in the city hospital also means leaving behind her first-love and childhood friend, Jack. They promise to make it work, but with Ellie's time swallowed up by the chaos of a wartime hospital, and with the charms of an exciting young foreign soldier to keep her company, do Ellie and Jack stand any chance of staying together as their lives move ever further apart?
38.00 zł