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Citizen 13660 Citizen 13660 Miné Okubo "Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--who were forced into 'protective custody' shortly after Pearl Harbor. Ci… OL1218814W
Does he speak Welsh? Does he speak Welsh? John Scott "Suddenly they were all talking about me. Then came the phrase that I would come to hear so often that it became burned into my soul, "Ydy e'n siarad Cymraeg?" (Does he speak Welsh?)" In this delight… OL15401382W
Ragnarok Ragnarok A. S. Byatt As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the God… OL16473866W
Distant horizons Distant horizons Rowena Summers It is the early days of the phoney war and Alice Chase is awaiting the impending birth of a fifth child. With the arrival of two young evacuees in her sister-in-law's household it seems that the war … OL17896575W
Wave Me Goodbye Wave Me Goodbye Jacqueline Wilson It's world war ll and Shirley Louise Smith is evacuated to a weird red house with two annoying boys, no wonder she turns into a vampire and drinks blood OL19551815W
Don't Forget To Write Don't Forget To Write Pam Hobbs In June 1940, 10-year-old Pam Hobbs and her sister Iris took the long journey from their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living away from Mum and Dad for two long years, Pam… OL19644072W
Honorable Exit Honorable Exit Thurston Clarke In a riveting account of one of our nation's finest hours, an acclaimed historian reveals how Americans, in a thrilling race against time, helped more than one hundred thousand South Vietnamese escap… OL19917960W
School for Skylarks School for Skylarks Sam Angus 343 pages ; 20 cm OL20772364W
Always in My Heart Always in My Heart Pam Weaver 441 pages ; 20 cm OL21147994W
The distant hours The distant hours Kate Morton A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was bi… OL24195532W
The disappearance of Danny Doyle The disappearance of Danny Doyle Alex Woolf "In The Disappearance of Danny Doyle the Time Detectives, Joe and Maya, stumble upon an old house in the middle of a wood. It's occupant, Michael, has a sad and strange tale to tell. Michael was evac… OL24426923W
Always in my heart Always in my heart Kate Jackson Bedford Norfolk, July 1944 - with the world at war again for the second time in a generation, warm hearted Bessie Rushbrook, takes in an evacuee, Marigold, giving her a safe home away from the dangers in Lon… OL24433211W
Far from the East End Far from the East End Iris Jones Simantel From the streets of London to the Welsh countryside, evacuee Iris Simantel tells of her desperate search for somewhere to belong in Far "From the East End". Born in 1938 under threat of looming war, … OL28948446W
Enemy aliens, prisoners of war Enemy aliens, prisoners of war Bohdan Kordan In *Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War* Bohdan Kordan assesses the policy and practice of civilian internment in Canada during the Great War and provides a clear but critical analysis of the complex natu… OL3132220W
Obasan Obasan Joy Kogawa 224 pages ; 21 cm OL3189372W
The eternal spring of Mr. Ito The eternal spring of Mr. Ito Sheila Garrigue The fate of a 200-year-old bonsai tree is decided by a young girl and an old Japanese Canadian gardener who resists being imprisoned in an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sequel to… OL3939964W
Primrose day Primrose day Carolyn Haywood During World War II, seven-year-old Merry Primrose Ramsay is sent from England to live with relatives in the United States, where, despite missing her parents and feeling homesick, she has many adven… OL4283060W
The bombers' moon The bombers' moon Betty Vander Els In the summer of 1942, an American missionary family living in China is separated when the two children are evacuated to India with their school class to escape the Japanese invasion. OL4975782W
Behind barbed wire Behind barbed wire Davis, Daniel S. Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, their way of life there, and their eventual assimilation into society following the war. OL6438609W
Primrose day Primrose day Carolyn Haywood Summary, The adventures of a little English girl who cooms to America during World War II to live with her aunt and uncle and her cousin Jerry. OL7990908W
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