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Suggested Wartime Novels for Remembrance

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A selection of books hand-curated by our team
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Secrets in the Dales

Allen, Diane
In the sleepy Yorkshire Dales, the peaceful existence of Sally's family is shattered by the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Dear Miss Lake [electronic resource]

Pearce, AJ
The fourth and final book in the beloved Wartime Chronicles takes us to the end of the Second World War and sees Emmy Lake and her friends facing their greatest challenge yet.
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The Banned Books of Berlin [electronic resource]

Wood, Daisy
Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number; Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya.
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The Evacuee’s Promise [electronic resource] : Unabridged edition

Sharp, Cathy
Don't miss the brand new emotional WW2 evacuee tale from the author of An Orphan's Story and The Lost Evacuee…
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A death in Berlin

Scarrow, Simon
Spring 1940. Germany is at war. Hitler is preparing to unleash the Blitzkrieg. When the owner of a nightclub is ambushed and gunned down in an alley, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke faces a challenging investigation.
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The field girls

Archer, Rosie
Gosport, 1943. Eadie, Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work at Priddy's munitions factory is dangerous and gruelling, but undoubtedly necessary.
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Pack up your troubles : war at home, 1919

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
1919. The war is over, but peace is yet to come. As men are demobbed, women must give up positions that gave them freedom.
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Banquet of beggars

Lloyd, Chris
In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in.
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Small bomb at Dimperley

Evans, Lissa
It's 1945, and Corporal Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is on his way home.
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The wartime librarian's secret

Green, Molly
September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she's forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts.
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These Wartime Dreams [electronic resource]

Meddon, Rosie
She won’t let anything stand in her way…After Pearl’s home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz, so too are her dreams of performing onstage.
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The wartime book club

Thompson, Kate,
Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil island, librarian Grace La Motée is determined to keep her services running.

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