War

War’s End

Victoria Bowen

Dad is finally on his way home from the Great War. Twelve-year-old Nell barely remembers him but when the pneumonic influenza enters their lives threatening Dad’s return, she begins to…

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War Is…: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War

In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present an unflinching collection of works reflecting on the nature of war. It includes essays, memoirs, letters, and fiction from such…

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War Horse

Michael Morpurgo

Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel…

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Soldier on the Hill

Jackie French

It is 1942, Joey and his mum have left the city and the danger of bomb attacks. But Joey discovers a Japanese soldier hiding in the hills outside the country…

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The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

Alone and fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by World War II, Jan and his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. They…

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The Silver Donkey

Sonya Hartnett

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return…

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Rose Blanche

Ian McEwan

Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Until the tide of the war turns and soldiers in…

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Little Brother

Allan Baillie

The shots were so close they seemed to explode inside Vithy’s head. He threw himself to the ground and clapped his hands over his ears … It’s Cambodia. The killing…

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Left for Dead

Peter Nelson

Having heard the story of this great warship and tragic terrible end, a young boy decides to look into the matter and find out why the ship’s captain received a…

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Generals Die In Bed

Charles Yale Harrison Harrison,Charles Yale Harrison

Drawing on his experiences in the First World War, Charles Yale Harrison tells a stark and poignant story of a young man sent to fight on the Western Front. It…

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Finding Darcy

Sue Lawson (Author)

When Darcy Abbott is sent to live with her surly grandmother and silent great-grandmother for three months, she discovers a mystery regarding the death of her great-grandfather during World War…

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The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne describes in her diary the…

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Boys Of Blood & Bone

David Metzenthen

Andy Lansell, killed in the First World War in 1918, lies in a small cemetery in the north of France. Henry Lyon, in a borrowed Volvo station wagon, is driving…

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War’s End

War Is…: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War

War Horse

Soldier on the Hill

The Silver Sword

The Silver Donkey

Rose Blanche

Little Brother

Left for Dead

Generals Die In Bed

Finding Darcy

The Diary of a Young Girl

Boys Of Blood & Bone