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Goodnight Mister Tom

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Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

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The Blood Years

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Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

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Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos — Judy Batalion

The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

A Thousand Sisters The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II — Elizabeth Wein

A Thousand Sisters The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

The Light of Days The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos — Judith Batalion

The Light of Days The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

Judith Batalion

Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

Florence Nightingale The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse — Catherine Reef

Florence Nightingale The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse

Themes: Military & Wars • Literary • Historical

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Natasha’s Will

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The Silver Sword — Ian Serraillier

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

The Lily Cupboard — Shulamith Levey Oppenheim

The Lily Cupboard

Shulamith Levey Oppenheim

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Refugee — Alan Gratz

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Churchill His Finest Hours — Alan MacDonald

Churchill His Finest Hours

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Carrie’s War — Nina Bawden

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Never Shall I Ever Forget You — Jamila Gavin

Never Shall I Ever Forget You

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Dusk — Eve Edwards

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

War Is Over — David Almond

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

Jump Into the Sky — Shelley Pearsall

Jump Into the Sky

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Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

The Great War Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War — David Almond

The Great War Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War

Themes: Military & Wars • Historical

If Doodlebug Summer by Alison Prince is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Military & Wars, Literary, Historical and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Robert Cormier, Michael Morpurgo, Michelle Magorian, Roald Dahl, and others.

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