In the late 1930's as the threat of war is building in Germany, twelve year old Julia arrives to spend the summer with her famous playwright father, only to find herself alone with Trudl, her Austrian stepmother.
WINNER CRIMEFEST BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN'A vivid and gripping, superbly told historical adventure' Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Girl Who Speaks Bear on Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy'Excitement, mystery and adventure in WW2 Cairo written by the brilliant Sufiya Ahmed and beautifully illustrated by Hazem Asif' Sophie Kirtley, author of The Wild Way Home and The Impossible Island on Rosie Raja: Mission to CairoRosie Raja is back in an electrifying, codebreaking-filled escapade.
Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief.
During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, Armstrong and Charlie learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s.
This powerful coming-of-age story from the author of Midnight Without a Moon will enlighten and enchant readers and is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Sharon M.
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST SELECTION"e;McLemore captures the spirit of the original while adding nuance and depth, setting a new bar for what a great retelling can be.
From Vanessa Harbour comes Flight, a middle-grade historical fiction novel perfect for back to school season about a Jewish boy and a Roma girl leading a group of horses across mountains to escape Nazis during WWII.
*A National Book Award Finalist*From the author of Nowhere Boy - called "e;a resistance novel for our times"e; by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.
