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A heartbreaking, untold story of World War II from award-winning
Australian author Katrina Nannestad, perfect for 9+ readers and
fans of Michael Morpurgo, Goodnight Mr Tom and I am David. 'It's
the small acts of human kindness that make this book sing.
Heart-swelling, and with characters that won't be forgotten.' Zana
Fraillon, award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow When the Russian
Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the Second World War,
the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia
find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a
war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother
and sister safe. But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad
things. Dangerous things. Wild things. Sometimes to survive, you
must become a wolf. A story of hope, survival and the refugee
experience that is both timeless and incredibly timely, and set to
become a modern classic.
When Inge Maria Jensen's mother dies, the ten-year-old girl in braids is sent from Copenhagen to live on her grandmother's farm on the Danish island of Bornholm. The whimsical Inge is desperate to tease a smile out of her stern-seeming but "jelly-soft" grandmother with nonsensical songs and Hans Christian Andersen stories. A nostalgic nod to Pippi Longstocking and Heidi, this cozy, humorous novel explores love and loss . . . and the unsung magic of mischief.
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