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Anna at War

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As life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna’s parents put her on a train leaving for England. But the war follows her to Kent, and soon Anna finds herself caught up in a web of betrayal and secrecy. How can she prove whose side she’s on when she can’t tell anyone the truth? But actions speak louder than words, and Anna has a dangerous plan…

A brilliant and moving wartime adventure from the author of Evie’s Ghost.

Cover illustration by Daniela Terrazzini.

Our Review Panel says...

Anna at War opens, and closes, using a motif that will be familiar to those who enjoy Michael Morpurgo’s novels of a person recalling a period of the past – perhaps by telling a grand-child who wants to find out for a school project. This moving novel begins with Anna, the grandmother, explaining how she was sent away by her parents, following the events during the night of the ninth of November 1938 in Germany on Kristallnacht…

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