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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
LACHLAN'S WAR LACHLAN'S WAR Michael Cannon On a wintry evening in 1941 Dr Lachlan McCready is on his rounds in the remote Scottish village of Rassaig when he comes across a silent, frightened evacuee boy who is trying to survive in one of Ras… OL12727971W
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
Bombers' moon Bombers' moon Iris Gower Swansea 1941. When her home is bombed, Meryl Jones is evacuated to Carmarthen, where she meets and falls in love with half-German Michael but Michael seems to like her sister, Hari better. Then the m… OL17820485W
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
Firebreak Firebreak Tricia Fields "Texas is experiencing its worst season of wildfires in a decade, forcing police chief Josie Gray to evacuate the citizens of Artemis. Not everyone makes it out alive, however. In the fire's wake, sh… OL19998991W
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
Keeping Henry Keeping Henry Nina Bawden 1 volume ; 20 cm OL21596793W
Tuppence to spend Tuppence to spend Lilian Harry A stirring new wartime saga from this much-loved author ... The death of Dan Hodges' wife during the dark days of World War II leaves him unable to cope with his two sons. Gordon is sent to an approv… OL24157633W
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
No time to wave goodbye No time to wave goodbye Ben Wicks Wicks weaves together the adult memories of children who went to school as normal only to end their day in the homes of complete strangers, within the alien landscape of the English countryside. Unkn… OL24697098W
The lights go on again The lights go on again Kit Pearson In 1945, after living in Canada for five years to escape the war in Europe, ten-year-old Gavin and his fifteen-year-old sister Norah face the prospect of returning home to their family in England wit… OL2802864W
The sky is falling The sky is falling Kit Pearson In the summer of 1940 as the war in Europe begins to intensify, a reluctant ten-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother Gavin are sent by their parents to safety in Canada where to Norah's disma… OL2802867W
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