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Windmills: Gulf. Robert Westall. Heinemann Educational Secondary
Division; ISBN: 0435124145 |
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One of a series offering
classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and
tastes this award-winning book shows that in war there are no winners,
only victims. It tells of a boy who, taken over by a young Iraqi soldier,
witnesses the horrors of the Iraqi front lines.
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| Hardcover
new edition (25 February, 1994) |
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Prisoner James Riordan. Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0192751263 |
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Tom and Iris watch the
enemy aircraft coming down towards the trees and make up their minds to
go hunting for souvenirs. But they find more than they had bargained for:
the injured pilot, tangled in the tree by his parachute. And
then the air-raid warnings sound and they all have to take shelter. While
the two English children and the teenage German pilot are confined together,
with the bombs falling around them, Tom and Iris listen to Martin's story.
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| Paperback
- 128 pages new edition (15 March, 2001) |
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| Escape
into Danger: an Adventure Story Leslie M. Bullen. Minerva Press.
ISBN: 0754105296 |
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Having been taken prisoner
by the Germans during World War II, Flight-Lieutenant Andrew Grant isn't
the kind of person to wait for hostilities to end. When the chance of escape
arrives, he doesn't need to be asked twice.
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| Paperback
- December 1998 |
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| Conrad's
War Andrew Davies . Dutton; ISBN: 0525690344 |
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Military enthusiast conrad
and his father fall into a time-slip and find themselves embroiled in World
War II. The experience forces Conrad to reassess his idealistic vision
of war. This novel won the 1978 "Guardian" award.
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| Hardcover
- 128 pages (5 January, 1995) |
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| Sent
Away. Jonathan Croall. Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0192716573 |
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This story is based on
the real-life experiences of hundreds of UK children who were sent to Australia,
Canada and South Africa in the earlier part of this century. It concerns
Ellen and Joe, who are sent to Australia and a new life in order to escape
the hardships of World War II.
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| Hardcover
- 156 pages (22 October, 1992) |
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Sea of Peril. Elizabeth Hawkins. Orchard Books; ISBN:1860390412 |
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Based on a true Second
World War story, a novel about the strengths of friendship and the need
for survival in which a young evacuee, bound for Canada, finds himself
and other passengers adrift in a lifeboat for days after their ship has
been torpedoed and how, after their rescue, they realise just how lucky
they have been.
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| Hardcover
- 186 pages (19 October, 1995) |
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| Warpath
(5): Last Convoy R. Eldworth. Puffin Books; ISBN: 014130720X |
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Malta lies under siege,
threatening the success of the Allies' North African campaign: a convoy
is despatched with vital supplies in a last-ditch effort to save the island.
This is the fifth book in a series that mixes narrative with fact and includes
supplementary historical data.
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| Paperback
- 160 pages (27 January, 2000) |
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| Warpath
7: Night Bomber J. Eldridge. Puffin Books; ISBN: 0141307242 |
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John Smith, a 19-year-old
flight engineer, has survived two horrific crashes in which his crewmates
were killed or badly injured. He's seen as bad luck and struggles to be
accepted. Things get worse when his plane is badly damaged on a mission.
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| Paperback
- 128 pages (25 May, 2000) |
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| Warpath
8: Island of Fear J. Eldridge. Puffin Books; ISBN: 0141307331 |
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A Japanese airbase on
the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima gave the island vital military significance,
A young marine finds himself in the frontline of the seaborne invasion
force taking part in one of World War II's fiercest battles. This
is his story.
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| Paperback
- 144 pages (7 September, 2000) |
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| Battle
Of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941 Chris Priestley. Scholastic
Hippo; ISBN: 0439994233 |
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An
account of an 18-year-old Spitfire pilot during World War II, from his
early days as a flight-obsessed RAF volunteer pilot to the moment he is
forced to eject from his plane at the height of the action.
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| Paperback
- 144 pages (19 April, 2002) |
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| Biggles
and the Battle of Britain Captain W.E. Johns, Bernard Asso, Francis
Bergese (Illustrator). Red Fox; ISBN: 0099633418 |
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The
story of the two greatest missions in flying history is told by Biggles
in this account of the Battle of Britain and the German bombardment. In
graphic novel form, the book presents an impression of what it was really
like to be a fighter pilot in World War I.
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| Paperback
- 64 pages (27 April, 1995) |
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