Showing results for "Anna" in Historical Fiction

Life in England is all Rosemary has ever known… but as WWII changes the world, no one’s life is left unscathed. Suddenly, she’s sent away to escape the devastation of London. Her grandmother’s house on Lake Superior is safe, but unfamiliar, especially as she discovers her parents have kept a tremendous secret.

As life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna’s parents put her on a train leaving for England. But the war follows her to Kent, and soon Anna finds herself caught up in a web of betrayal and secrecy. How can she prove whose side she’s on when she can’t tell anyone the truth? But actions speak louder than words, and Anna has a dangerous plan.

Gibt es Geister wirklich? Und kann man mit ihnen sprechen? Das behauptet zumindest Anna Rothe, die anscheinend nicht nur eine Verbindung ins Geisterreich gefunden hat, sondern auch Blumen und andere Gegenstände aus dem Nichts erscheinen lassen kann. Darum nennt man sie auch das Blumenmedium. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist sie nur eine geschickte Betrügerin, die mit Hilfe ihres Managers die Menschen an der Nase herumführt. David, Jonas und Emma finden schnell heraus, dass Anna Rothe nicht die geringsten magischen Kräfte besitzt – oder vielleicht doch?

Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-père told Norvia stories—stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her grandmothers taught her to make story quilts and maple candy. On the island, Norvia was proud of her Ojibwe heritage. Things are different in the city. Here, Norvia’s mother forces her to pretend she’s not Native at all—even to Mr. Ward, Ma’s new husband, and to Vernon, Norvia’s new stepbrother. In fact, there are a lot of changes in the city.

A breathtaking story of bravery, friendship and fighting for what you believe in, Umbrella Mouse to the Rescue is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Anna Fargher's bestselling and award-winning The Umbrella Mouse, based on the true stories of the heroic animals caught in the conflict of WWII...

A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month. 1944, and London is...

Cicci ha tutto ciò che una ragazza possa desiderare: una vita bella e agiata, una famiglia che le vuole bene, tanti amici e una grande passione per la musica. Ma dal giorno in cui vengono emanate le leggi razziali in Italia, poco alla volta tutto ciò che ama le viene sottratto. Non le rimarrà che il suo violino, da cui non si separerà a nessun costo. Sarà proprio lui a raccontare, dopo un lungo silenzio, la lenta discesa di Cicci verso l'inferno di Auschwitz, dove sarà costretta a suonare per le SS.

1914, Oceano Atlantico. Mentre in Europa soffiano venti di guerra, una terribile tempesta distrugge una nave diretta in Brasile. Una piccola scialuppa resiste alla violenza delle onde e approda sulla spiaggia di un’isola remota. Trasporta Isabella, sveglia e intraprendente, suo fratello maggiore Giacomo, timido e pieno di tic, e il giovane mozzo Lucas, abituato sin da bambino a sopravvivere nelle condizioni più dure.

This gripping, accessible novel by celebrated Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch follows two sisters as they struggle to survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

"Narrators Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, and Jesse Vilinsky combine talents in this compelling historical fiction, which takes place during the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."- AudioFile Author's note read by the author. From the author of Nowhere Boy—called “a resistance novel for our...

Ob unheilschwangere Gewitterlaune, magischer Frühjahrsputz oder kühne Weltraumtour: Mit den abgedrehten Reimen aus Kai Lüftners "Der Gewitter-Ritter" begeben sich Kinder und Erwachsene auf eine abwechslungsreiche Abenteuerreise, die von eingängigen Ohrwurmmelodien und jeder Menge Wortwitz flankiert wird.