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America is at war. A long and deadly conflict seems inevitable, unless there is a breakthrough in the development of a ‘Super Weapon’. The British and Americans are working feverishly to harness the terrifying power of the atom, convinced the Ge[...]
Aquest relat, basat en fets reals viscuts per l'autor durant la Segona Guerra Mundial, ens explica les aventures i les peripècies de l'Adam i en Thomas, dos nens jueus que es veuen obligats a amagar-se al bosc. Allà, no només han d'esmolar cons[...]
It's September 1939, and Britain has just entered the Second World War. For Tom, Mary, Gary and Dil the whole thing is a dissappointment. They want adventure but in their small town of Golfodd there are no guns or soldiers. They're not looking [...]
Short play set during World War Two in Manchester, portraying the experiences of children evacuated to the countryside. Includes illustrated dramtizations suitable for class reading and drama performances, with notes on simple staging and costum[...]
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. Narrated by death, this book is the story of: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical G[...]
Markus Zusak, Author ; Trudy White, Author | New York (United States of America) : Alfred A. Knopf | 2016Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. -- Worldcat
What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country.All he know[...]
This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia's fiance? is fighting the Italian army ... -- Back cover
En 1944, durante la ocupación de los alemanes en Hungría, envían a Susan y a Vera a un convento para esconderlas de los nazis. Allí, las hermanas aprenden el verdadero significado del valor gracias a las monjas, que arriesgan sus vidas para acog[...]
Una historia de niños pequeños que crecen en medio de una guerra muy grande. “Wib no daba crédito a sus ojos cuando vio lo que las bombas habían hecho en la calle Paxton. La explosión había dejado un agujero en medio de la calzada capaz de tr[...]
Arturo pasa sus vacaciones de verano en Noruega con su amigo Erik. La casa en la que viven se asienta sobre los cimientos de un campo de concentración nazi de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un día, mientras cavan un hoyo en el jardín para planta[...]
James Watson, Author ; John Escott, Adapter | New York; London; Madrid : Penguin Books | Penguin Readers | 2000Elise is on holiday in France. Who are the children she can see? Are they real or ghosts from the past? The answers become clear when she finds herself in another time. There she discovers the terrible facts of war. -- Back cover
The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle, and later flying a fighter plane in World War II. -- Worldcat
