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The War I Finally Won

December 15, 2017

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won, Text Publishing, 2 Oct 2017, 400pp., $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781925498851 ‘I knew […]

British History, Child abuse, Disabilities, evacuation, Historical fiction, Humanities, series of books, siblings, World War II

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The Children of Willesden Lane

September 28, 2017

Mona Golabek (text), Lee Cohen (text), adapted by Emil Sher, The Children of Willesden Lane, Allen & Unwin, Sept 2017,

Biography, children, England, Genocide, Holocaust, Humanities, Jewish peoples, music, Refugees, World War II

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Older Readers

The Fiftieth Gate: a journey through memory

July 11, 2017

Mark Raphael Baker, The Fiftieth Gate: a journey through memory, Text Publishing, 3 July 2017, 368pp., $24.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781925498615

Australia, Autobiography, Biography, Genocide, Humanities, Jewish peoples, World War II

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Information Books Intermediate Readers

Sachiko: a Nagasaki bomb survivor’s story

February 13, 2017

Caren Stelson, Sachiko: a Nagasaki bomb survivor’s story, CarolRhoda Books/Walker Books Australia, 1 Nov 2016, 144pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN: 9781467789035 “When

Atomic bomb, Biography, History, Humanities, Japan history, Nagasaki, war victims, World War II

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Intermediate Readers

Within These Walls (My Holocaust Story #2)

June 7, 2016

Robyn Bavati, Within These Walls (My Holocaust Story #2), Scholastic Australia; 1 April 2016, 208pp., $16.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781760152857 Within

children, family, Genocide, Historical fiction, History, Holocaust, Humanities, Jewish peoples, Poland, Teacher Notes, Warsaw, World War II

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LGBTQIA+ Older Readers

The Big Lie

November 18, 2015

Julie Mayhew, The Big Lie, Hot Key Books, September 2015, 368pp., $16.95 (pbk), ISBN: 9781471404702 Julie Mayhew’s The Big Lie is

Biography, Britain, female protagonist, friendship, Government, Historical fiction, Ice Skating, LGBTQIA+, London, National Socialism, Nazi, Oppression, Rebellion, Resistance, Technology, Teenagers, World War II

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Intermediate Readers

Hanna (My Holocaust Story #1)

May 8, 2015

Goldie Alexander, Hanna (My Holocaust Story #1), Scholastic Australia, March 2015, $16.99 (pbk), 192pp., ISBN 0781743629673 Hanna is one of a series of

children, family, Genocide, Historical fiction, History, Holocaust, Humanities, Jewish peoples, Poland, Teacher Notes, Warsaw, World War II

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Great Read Alouds Picture Books

Ride, Ricardo, Ride!

May 8, 2015

Phil Cummings (text), Shane Devries (illus.), Ride, Ricardo, Ride!, Omnibus/Scholastic, 1 March 2015, $24.99 (hbk), 32pp., ISBN 9781742990736 Ride Ricardo Ride! is

War, World War II

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