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White Bird: a Wonder Story – R. J. Palacio
Penguin Australia October 2019 ISBN: 9780241397244 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $39.99 Millions of readers have fallen in love with Wonder and its subsequent books and will most likely think of Julian as Auggie’s tormentor but in this first foray into graphic novels Palacio presents a completely different side to the erstwhile bully. Those who have also read Auggie…
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The Dollmaker of Krakow – R. M. Romero
Penguin Random House Sep 2017 | 336 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) ISBN: 9781406375633 ISBN-10: 1406375632 RRP $24.99 There is war. There is pain. But there is magic and there is hope. I’ve read many books both fictional and non-fiction concerning World War II and particularly the horror of the Holocaust but never have I read one that…
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I am Sasha – Anita Selzer
Penguin Random House April 2018 9790143785743 RRP $17.99 Some triumphant recounts of survival against all odds have come out of the horror of the Holocaust. I am always humbled in admiration for those who endured such deprivation, suffering, cruelty and pain with courage and dignity and who rose from the basest of treatment to resume…
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Peter in Peril: Courage and Hope in World War Two – Helen Bate
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781910959572 Imprint: OTTER-BARRY BOOKS September 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $27.99 There is always a need for memoirs or biographical texts in a simpler format for younger students. There is also always a great demand, in my experience, for true stories of bravery especially during times of conflict. The enduring popularity of true stories around…
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The Boy on the Wooden Box – Leon Leyson
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK | 256 pages | ISBN 9781471119682 | May 2014 | Grades 4 – 9 List Price AU$ 9.99 – See more here Subtitled ‘How the Impossible became Possible…on Schindler’s List’ which says it all, this is an amazing read. Most of us are no doubt familiar with the history of…
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