If Jemma had lived, none of this would have happened. I'd have been too busy to get dragged into this filthy, illegal business...' Since Lindy's baby sister died, her family have been caught in a downward spiral. Her brothers are in prison and her parents have given up. Soon Lindy is out of her depth too, caught in the centre of an international drugs ring, with no way out. Then Lindy finds help from an unexpected ally: weird, mute Karl from s...
Nine-year-old Rudi and his beloved daschhund, Hanno, face peril as they are being sent from Nazi Germany to England on the special trains called Kindertransports during World War II. Includes historical note.
Fifteen-year-olds Tasha and Josie are near-neighbours who never thought they had anything in common. But when their families let them down, they find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for survival.
Inspired by stories she heard from members of the Iraqi family into which she married, Halahmy delivers a story about a teen who finds an injured illegal immigrant and must make a complex moral decision about his fate.
Fine agosto 1939: la Gran Bretagna è sull'orlo della Seconda guerra mondiale e i bambini di Londra stanno per essere evacuati in campagna. Quando le dodicenni Tilly e Rosy scoprono che non potranno portare con sé i loro migliori amici, un cagnolino e un gatto - e che, cosa ancora più tragica, i due animali dovranno essere abbattuti insieme a innumerevoli altri -, decidono di agire e li nascondono in una capanna diroccata nel bosco. Ben presto ...
It is late August 1939: Britain is on the brink of war, and preparations are under way to evacuate London's children to the countryside. When twelve-year-old Tilly and her best friend Rosy find out that they will not be able to take their beloved dog and cat with them - and that, even worse, their pets will, along with countless other animals, be taken to the vet to be put down - they decide to take action. The two girls come up with the idea ...