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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Just Henry Just Henry Michelle Magorian When Henry develops an old camera film he uncovers a mystery and events spiral until his life resembles the drama of the big screen. OL15173512W
Back home Back home Michelle Magorian Sent to America from England at age seven to escape war-torn England, Rusty returns five years later to go to a strict English boarding school and renew her relationship with her family, who now seem… OL15400460W
Spoonful of Jam Spoonful of Jam Michelle Magorian It is the summer of 1947 - the second year of world peace. But Elsie is still fighting her own wars against a vicious bully, against the indifference of her father and against being the scholarship g… OL21093057W
Back Home Back Home Michelle Magorian WW2 has just ended and twelve-year-old Rusty comes back home to Britain after being evacuated to the US. The greyness and bleakness of life in England is a shock, but even worse is adapting to the st… OL4093283W
Not a swan Not a swan Michelle Magorian A seventeen-year-old girl in 1940's England spends an unchaperoned summer at a cottage in a seaside village, where a series of diaries by the cottage's most recent inhabitant, together with some inte… OL4093291W
Goodnight Mister Tom Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian A beautiful hardback edition to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this classic WW2 story.Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, h… OL4093299W
Back Home Back Home Michelle Magorian Sent to America from England at age seven to escape war-torn England, Rusty returns five years later to go to a strict English boarding school and renew her relationship with her family, who now seem… OL4093301W
Good Night, Mr. Tom Good Night, Mr. Tom Michelle Magorian During World War II, an aging recluse's stony heart is softened by his friendship with a young evacuee from London. OL4093302W