GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE ONCE David Walliams Morris Gleitzman An exquisite portrait of the bond between After living in a Catholic orphanage for a small boy and his beloved Grandpa – this nearly four hears, a naive Jewish boy runs book takes readers on an incredible journey away and embarks on a journey across Nazi- with Spitfires over London and Great occupied Poland to find his parents. Escapes through the city in an adventure Contains descriptions of violence. Book #1. full of comedy and heart. AR: 4.1 160 pages AR: 5.2 352 pages

THE BOOK THIEF HITLER’S ANGEL Marcus Zusak William Osborne 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is Otto and Leni have escaped to England from holding its breath. Death has never been Nazi Germany. They thought they were safe, busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living but now the British want them to go back. with a foster family on Himmel Street. This Dropped behind enemy lines, they embark on is her story and the story of the inhabitants a secret operation codenamed Wolfsangel... of her street when the bombs begin to fall. AR: 5.1 336 pages AR: 5.1 560 pages

THE AMAZING STORY OF TAMAR ADOLPHUS TIPS Mal Peet After Tamar's grandfather dies, she inherits a A heart-warming tale of courage and box containing a series of clues and coded warmth, set against the backdrop of the messages about his life as a resistance fighter in second world war, about an abandoned Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II. village, a lifelong friendship and one very As she unravels the past, she begins a journey adventurous cat! of self-discovery. AR: 6.1 288 pages AR: 5.1 448 pages

HERO ON A BICYCLE THE SNOW GOOSE Shirley Hughes In 1944, Florence Italy is occupied by Nazi The Snow Goose is set in the wild, desolate German forces. Paolo and his sister Constanza Essex marshes and is an intense and moving are desperate to fight the occupation. But tale about the relationship between a what can they do against a whole army with hunchback and a young girl and a courageous only a bicycle to help them? act at Dunkirk. AR: 6.0 244 pages AR 6.7 80 pages

GOODNIGHT MR TOM THE SILVER SWORD Michelle Magorian Ian Serallier Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the It was only a paper knife, but it became the country as Britain stands on the brink of symbol of hope and courage for four starving WW2. A sad, deprived child, he begins to and deserted children during the Nazi flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - occupation, and on the exhausting and but his new-found happiness is shattered by a dangerous journey form Poland to Switzerland. summons from his mother back in London. AR: 5.5 208 pages AR: 5.1 384 pages

THE SWEEP’S BOY HETTY FEATHER Jim Eldridge Jaqueline Wilson It's 1870 when the Workhouse Master hires Will The story of a baby left at the Foundling out as a chimney sweep's boy. It's a hard, dirty, Hospital by her mother in Victorian England, dangerous life, and it's not long before events take and her trials and tribulations as she searches an even worse turn, as Will's climbing skills attract for her mother. Book #1 the attention of the evil Hutch, who needs just such AR: 5.1 416 pages a boy to help him with his burglary jobs... AR: 4.9 176 pages

PRISONER OF THE INQUISITION THE SECRET COUNTESS Theresa Breslin Eva Ibbotsen Follows the trials and tribulations of Zarita, After escaping the revolution in Russia, daughter of a wealthy magistrate, and eighteen-year-old countess Anna, penniless Saulo, son of a family reduced to begging. and living in London, becomes a servant to When the frightening Inquisition arrives in an aristocratic family. But she falls in love 15th century Grenada, they commit acts of with a young earl, and finds it increasingly brutality inciting betrayal and revenge. hard to keep her past a secret. AR: 6.1 320 pages AR: 7.1 352 pages

FIVE CHILDREN ON THE WESTERN OVER THE LINE FRONT Tom Palmer Kate Saunders Set during World War I, Jack is just The children were together for the last time. beginning his career as a professional The Great War began in earnest, and Cyril footballer when the call goes out for men to was off to fight. And for the first time in fight in France. Jack's dream of playing years, the magical Psammead appeared at football for England is placed in jeopardy as the bottom of the garden. the war threatens to claim his life. AR: 5.4 336 pages AR: 4.3 128 pages

THE POISON DIARIES CHANGELING Maryrose Wood Philippa Gregory In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, In 1453, 17-year-old Luca is recruited to England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton investigate evil across Europe and frees Isol- and the mysterious Weed uncover the horri- de from captivity in a nunnery. Together ble secrets of poisons growing in Thomas they seek the one who holds the secrets of Luxton's apothecary garden. the Order of Darkness. The plot contains AR: 5.1 304 pages violence. Book #1 AR: 5.6 208 pages

THE WRECK OF THE ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION Michael Morpurgo Jennifer Donnelly Tells the story of Laura and her family in the A grieving seventeen-year-old musician travels years 1907 and 1908. Island life is not easy to Paris to complete a school assignment and when you are always worried about the ele- uncovers a diary written during the French ments and the sea. Revolution by a young actress attempting to AR: 4.1 112 pages help an imprisoned little boy, Louis Charles, the lost king of France. AR: 3.8 496 pages