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Read Around the Subject
Y8 English – Conflict
Recommended Reading List
Blitz, Author: Orme, David
Stay where you're put... Martin's been evacuated to the country. It's boring there, so he goes
back home. But London is in flames and Martin is in danger...
Ausländer
Author: Dowswell, Paul
When Peter's parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in
Warsaw, Poland. But Peter is Volksdeutscher-of German blood. With
his blond hair and blue eyes, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler
Youth poster. The Nazis decide he is racially valuable. Indeed, a
prominent German family is pleased to adopt such a fine Aryan
specimen into their household. But despite his new 'family,' Peter
feels like a foreigner-an ausländer-and he is forming his own ideas about what he sees and
what he's told. He doesn't want to be a Nazi. So he takes a risk-the most dangerous one he
could possibly choose in 1942 Berlin...
Peace and War: a Collection of Poems
Author: Oxford
This anthology of nearly 200 poems chronicles the many voices of peace and war from
ancient Greece and Rome, through the Bible, to the dropping of the atomic bomb, the wars
in Korea and Vietnam, the uneasiness of the present and the uncertainty of the future.
The Seeing
Author: Hendry, Diana
The second world war is over in the quiet town of Norton. When
wild, dangerous, break-all-the-rules Natalie arrives, thirteen-year-
old Lizzie is drawn irresistibly to the new girl from the wrong side
of the tracks. Desperate for Natalie’s friendship and respect, Lizzie
soon discovers a side of the town – and of herself – that she had
never imagined. As the girls grow closer, Natalie and her strange, eerie brother, Philip,
reveal a shocking secret. For Philip has a second sight, and all around them he sees evil -
‘left-over Nazis’ lying in wait until the time is right for revenge. Natalie and Philip believe it’s
up to them to root these people out of Norton. Lizzie is swept up in what starts as a thrilling
game - but the consequences of Philip’s ‘gift’ quickly spiral into disaster.
Hero Game, The
Author: Johnson, Pete
Charlie loved hearing stories about his grandad's days as a
fighter pilot, until he found out a terrible secret. Can you do
something awful and still be a hero?
Tilly's Promise
Author: Newbery, Linda
A beautiful and timeless story about the uncertainty and
destruction caused by war. Tilly is a young nurse doing her best
to help in the war effort. When she hears her brother Georgie
must go to the front line in France she is devastated. Georgie
isn't like other people - he has learning difficulties and doesn't
understand what the war means. Tilly asks her sweetheart Harry to keep Georgie safe. But
they soon learn that the nature of war makes any promise hard to keep - Particularly suitable for struggling,
reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+Blackout
Author: Swindells, Robert
Life in a small village is boring now that the war is over, but when a group of children
hear of some treasure kept locked in the village, things start to look a bit more
interesting It's September 1939, and Britain has just entered World War II, but in the
small town of Golfodd there are no bombs, no soldiers, and no machine guns. For Tom,
Mary, Gary, and Dil, the whole thing is a disappointment. They want excitement, but
they aren't looking for trouble, so when they start shadowing the mysterious new
woman in town, they don't expect it to lead them down to the bottom of the old, rotten
mines of Golfodd. That's when things get dark and dangerous
World War Two, At Sea
Author: Hepplewhite, Peter
A fascinating series depicting the world during the Second World War. Interesting and
informative, the four books in the series will each contain true life stories and
photographs and documents from the Imperial War Museum. The four titles in the
series are: THE WORLD IN FLAMES: AIR (ISBN: 0 330 48296 3) THE WORLD IN FLAMES:
SEA (ISBN: 0 330 48295 5) THE WORLD IN FLAMES: LAND (ISBN: 0 330 48294 7) THE
WORLD IN FLAMES: CIVILIANS (ISBN: 0 330 48297 1)
World War Two, Civilians
Author: Tonge, Neil
The World in Flames is a series depicting the world during
World War II. Interesting and informative, the four books contain true life stories and
photographs and documents from the Imperial War Museum.
Big Tom
Author: Ure, Jean
Life in London during the second world war, as seen through
the eyes of a lively nine-year-old boy. Neville Chamberlain
has just made the announcement: Great Britain and
Germany are at war. Mum worries about Derek in the army;
Dad's thinking about the Andersen shelter he's just built in the garden; Elaine is thinking
about boys and stockings and her job at the factory. Jenny, aged eleven is worrying
about the animals. But Bobbie -- aged nine, has never been so excited in his life. He
thinks the war is the most fantastic game. His only worry is that it will end before he is
old enough to join up -- he wants to see the planes -- He knows the names of all of them;
he wants to catch a German spy; he wants to be kept in the Andersen shelter overnight.
It's only when his beloved Big Tom, a cat, is missing believed dead, that Bobbie realises
the truth about war. A wonderful picture of childhood and a sensitive portrayal of family
loyalties in times of crisis. Excitement, terror, misery and humour -- the poignancy of
Goodnight Mr Tom plus the humour of Hope and Glory in this beautifully crafted young
novel.
In the Air (S.S.)
Author: Hepplewhite, Peter
A fascinating series depicting the world during the Second World War. Interesting and
informative, the four books in the series will each contain true life stories and
photographs and documents from the Imperial War Museum. The four titles in the
series are: THE WORLD IN FLAMES: AIR (ISBN: 0 330 48296 3) THE WORLD IN FLAMES:
SEA (ISBN: 0 330 48295 5) THE WORLD IN FLAMES: LAND (ISBN: 0 330 48294 7) THE
WORLD IN FLAMES: CIVILIANS (ISBN: 0 330 48297 1)Music on The Bamboo Radio
Author: Booth, Martin
Nicholas Holford is smuggled to safety in China when Japan invades Hong Kong in 1941.
If the enemy discover he is European, he will not survive. He joins the secret fight
against the Japanese and learns about music on the bamboo radio - smuggling
information to prisoner-of-war camps.
Blitzed
Author: Swindells, Robert
George is fascinated by World War Two - bombers, Nazis,
doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different
from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World
War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in
London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless children,
struggling to survive. And then they suspect someone they know of being a German
spy...
Hero on a Bicycle
Author: Hughes, Shirley
It is a gripping and moving first novel by one of the world's
best-loved writers for children. In extraordinary circumstances, people are capable of
extraordinary things ...it is 1944 and Florence is occupied by Nazi German forces. The
Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though - and neither have Paolo and
his sister, Constanza. Both are desperate to fight the occupation, but what can two
siblings do against a whole army with only a bicycle to help them? It offers linked website
with historical details about the Second World War in Italy, including period photographs,
videos and music, as well as interviews with the author, extra illustrations and much
more. It is a wonderful first novel from the internationally revered Shirley Hughes; a
modern classic in the making.
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck
for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I
thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in
the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That
is all I remember of England! When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia
after WW II he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years will
test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the
Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea. And
when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his
broken life come together. Now, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for
his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's. Now Allie
has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of
her father's long-lost sister! Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together? How
far would you go to find yourself? This is the lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the
bestselling author of 'Private Peaceful'.Whistling in the Dark
Author: Hughes, Shirley
Liverpool, 1940: thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under threat from the Nazi's terrifying
nightly air-raids. It is not an easy time to be a teenager, especially with the sweet
rationing, strict curfews and blackouts. Joan and best friend Doreen love going to the
cinema until the bombings intensify and then even that becomes too dangerous,
especially when an army deserter is found lurking near their home. Who is he and why
does he think Joan can help him? As the Blitz worsens, Joan and her friends make a
discovery that will tear the whole community apart...
Shamer's War
Author: Kaaberbol, Lene
A gripping fantasy, full of mystery and adventure, with a
brave and likeable heroine who can humble strong men with her eyes alone...Dina has
inherited the Shamer's Gift from her mother - when people look into her eyes, they are
forced to acknowledge all their weaknesses and guilt. Now Drakan, the Dragon Lord of
Dunark who once tried to feed Dina's mother to his revolting dragons, is ruthlessly
hunting down Shamers in order to burn them at the stake. He is the only completely
shameless human being Dina has ever met. If simple human decency is to survive,
Drakan must be opposed. But rebellions need leaders, and what better choice than the
legitimate heir to the lordship of Dunark, Dina's friend Nico? Never mind that Nico hates
swords and is reluctant even to kill a rabbit. Everyone wants him to be a hero. But as
Nico points out to Dina, heroes have a nasty habit of ending up dead...
Faber Book of War Poetry
Author: Baker, Kenneth
Kenneth Baker's anthology surveys one of mankind's
oldest activities, warfare, through the eyes of the poets
who have participated in, witnessed, celebrated and
deplored it. From Homer's epic treatment of the siege
of Troy to Tony Harrison's moving commentary on the
tragedy of Bosnia, the origins, spirit, conduct,
technology, art and after-effects of war have inspired
poets of all ages and tongues to some of their most
powerful and memorable moments.
World War Two, On Land
Author: Tonge, Neil
The World in Flames is a series depicting the world during World War II. Interesting and
informative, the four books contain true life stories and photographs and documents from the Imperial War
Museum.
Billy's Blitz
Author: Mitchelhill, Barbara
Winner of the Young Quills Prize for Historical Fiction. When War breaks out, Billy’s dad
joins the army and most of his friends are evacuated from Balham, South London. But
Billy’s mum doesn’t believe the bombs will ever fall on them and she refuses to send him
and his sister Rose away. Life in Balham has certainly changed for Billy: no school, no
friends and, because of rationing, no treats. But by September 1940, things are about to
get a lot worse. Hitler has a plan for the destruction of London and soon Billy is caught
up in the Blitz: an event so terrifying, it will take every ounce of courage for him to
survive in war-torn Balham and keep his family togetherDear Mum, I Miss You!
Author: Ross, Stewart
Dear Mum, I Miss You' tells the story of evacuation during the London Blitz. Grace is
determined to stay in London with her mother. But when their Battersea home is
bombed during an air raid, Grace agrees to stay with her mysterious aunt - for her mum's
sake. The trouble is she misses her mum too much...and is part of a highly successful
series that really puts the story back into history! A unique combination of an engaging
story and information brings the past alive by linking key events to a fast moving
narrative.
Blitzcat
Author: Westall, Robert
She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the
edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She
knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed
plaintively; stood staring at the moving blur of uncrossable sea. She led the way to
safety out of the blazing hell of blitzed Coventry. People touched her for luck; feared her
as an omen of disaster. Wherever she went she changed lives... From her beginning to
her end she never wavered. She was the Blitzcat.
Poems from the First World War (Selected By Gaby
Morgan)
Author: Morgan, Gaby
This moving and powerful collection of poems has been written by soldiers, nurses,
mothers, sweethearts, and family and friends who experienced WWI from different
standpoints. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship, and
loyalty of the soldiers, and the heartbreak, disillusionment, and regret as the war went
on to damage a generation. It includes poems from Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Vera
Brittain, Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Thomas, Laurence Binyon, John McCrae, Siegfried
Sassoon, and many more. This collection was published in association with The Imperial
War Museum, which was founded in 1917 to collect and display material relating to
World War I while it was still being fought. Today, the IWM is unique in its coverage of
conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from World War I to
the present. They seek to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of
the history of modern war and wartime experience.
Vinnie's War
Author: McRobbie, David
The story of a homeless boy who starts by losing everything, and - through his
experience as an evacuee in World War II - finds friendship, vocation and a place to
belong. Just then came: crump, CRUMP, CRUMP! Three bombs in quick succession,
coming frighteningly closer. With each explosion, the ground shook. Dust and chips
fell from the ceiling. Everyone in the shelter gasped at the same time. Vinnie held
his breath, waiting for the fourth bomb, but it didn't come. When Vinnie is sent
away from the bombs in London, he has no idea what awaits him. All he has left of
his old life is his harmonica. On the train, Vinnie meets fierce Kathleen, sweet Joey
and gangly Dobbs. The evacuee children find themselves thrown together in the
country town of Netterfold, which seems beautiful and peaceful - until they meet
the locals. There is a war raging across Europe, but Vinnie and his friends soon find
they have their own war to fight as they face up to terrifying teachers, bad billets,
and hostile neighbourhood kids who set out to make their lives as 'vaccies'
miserable. And when things start to go missing, they discover that there are
mysteries lurking in Netterfold's shadows, just waiting to be solved...Through
music and friendship, can Vinnie make peace and finally find a place where he belongs?Blitz Boys
Author: Newbery, Linda
A story set in London during the Blitz. With German planes blitzing London, the wreckage
can be an exciting place to play after the fear of the night has died down. Whilst exploring a
bombed house one day, a lonely boy makes a friend whose father is an RAF pilot - much
more exciting than his own air-raid warden dad. But it takes genuine danger to make him
realise the difference between the heroism of fantasy and what people do when their
courage is needed for real.
Bomber Boys
Author: Bloor, Thomas
Johnny says he's a lucky charm for any crew he flies with, but
Len's not so sure. On a mission to Berlin, he finds out the
truth. This is a powerful WWII story. Barrington Stoke specialises in books for reluctant,
struggling and dyslexic readers.
101 Poems Against War
Author: Hollis, Matthew
From the earliest times poets have spoken out against the
horrors of war - many dying on the battlefields on which
they wrote. This anthology gathers together poems against war - from an infamous last
stand in Ancient Greece to the chemical warfare of the present-day Gulf. Featuring many
of our most treasured poets - Wilfred Owen, Philip Larkin, Stevie Smith and Emily
Dickinson among them - '101 Poems Against War' selects too from the poems being
written across the barricades: the enemy soldier, a German widow, a young Vietnamese
boy, and by contemporary Arabic poets. From the men who held their dying friends to
the agony of the women left behind, this anthology gathers those moments of warning
and protest from all corners of the earth: the times in which it was left to the poets to
speak out against the true terror of war.
Ellen's People
Author: Hamley, Dennis
England, 1914. When recruiting officers come to her sleepy village and her brother
enlists, Ellen knows that her life will never be the same again. She longs for something
more than her life as a housemaid, at the beck and call of 'the toffs' as her dad calls
them. Ellen's brother returns home after losing a leg and through helping him, she
realizes what she really wants to be - a nurse at the front. When her sweetheart is
killed, it only makes her more determined to help. Despite huge opposition from her
family, she goes to train in London, eventually fulfilling her dream by travelling to
France and working in a field hospital till the end of the war.You can also read
