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World War Stories

The Secrets Act by Alison Weatherby

Wartime. Pearl and Ellen work at top-secret codebreaking HQ, Bletchley Park. Pearl is the youngest. A messenger at sixteen, she’s untidy, lively, bright, and half in love with the wrong boy, Richard. Ellen is a codebreaker. Reserved, analytical and beautiful. She never expected to get close to a girl like Pearl – or fall for a chap like Dennis. A fascinating and thrilling story of wartime espionage, love and friendship.

White Rose by Kip Wilson

Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers form the White Rose, a group that write and distribute anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. A year later, Sophie and her brother are arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators. A novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during WWII as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

The Siege by Helen Dunmore

Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei, Anna's novelist father and banned actress Marina - the siege becomes a battle for survival. A brilliantly imagined novel of war and the wounds it inflicts on ordinary people's lives; a profoundly moving celebration of love, life and survival .