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A Budapest Raul conduce una vita felice e spensierata, cadenzata dagli allenamenti in piscina e dalle lezioni di pianoforte con la madre, i bisticci con Marian, la sorellina, i costumi di Papageno e Astrifiammante che la mamma confeziona per la festa di Purim. Tutto finisce con l'arrivo dei tedeschi e la presa del potere dei nazisti ungheresi. Raul vive come un dramma e un'umiliazione continua la nuova situazione, soprattutto a scuola, mentre Marian riesce a trovare sempre un aspetto divertente in ogni cosa. Un giorno, la madre viene portata via dai soldati.

Mark’s dog, Wolfie, is part malamute, part German shepherd, and all heart. Mark can hardly imagine life without his big, loving canine companion. But in 1969, the Vietnam War is still raging, and when Mark learns that the army needs scout dogs, he decides to send Wolfie. As his dad says, a smart dog like Wolfie could save a lot of soldiers - soldiers like Mark’s brother, Danny. Besides, it seems like the patriotic thing to do. Inspired by real events, this is a heartbreaking story about sacrifice, loyalty, and the complex meanings of patriotism.

No one in her sixth-grade class knows quite what to make of Ms. Loupe, with her short hair, her taped square "stage" on the floor, and her interest in improvisational theatre. After all, their school is on an Air Force base - a place that values discipline more than improv. But her students soon come to love her fresh approach; and when her dear brother goes missing in Afghanistan, and Ms. Loupe herself breaks down, they band together to support their teacher.

It’s September 1939 and Britain has just entered the Second World War. But in the small town of Golfodd there are no bombs, no soldiers and no machine guns. For Tom, Mary, Gary and Dil the whole thing is a disappointment. They want excitement. But they aren’t looking for trouble, so when they start shadowing the mysterious new woman in town, they don’t expect it to lead them down to the bottom of the old, rotten mines of Golfodd. Then things get dark and dangerous...

Quando Brunisa, la ragazza ebrea di "Una valle piena di stelle" ritorna a casa, la città è in rovina, ma la gente è fiduciosa e cerca in ogni modo di ricominciare. L'aspettano nuove amicizie, vecchi pregiudizi, la ricerca dell'amato Claudio e, soprattutto, un mistero che tinge di giallo la sua vita... Un vivacissimo ritratto dell'Italia del dopoguerra con le speranze e le illusioni che l'accompagnano alla democrazia.

‘The sky split open. A sky of brilliant yellow light; a world of noise that filled his ears like sand at the seaside, so that afterwards there was only total silence’. But silence brings terror and grief to Sonny’s family as they come to terms with the loss of his mother in a German bombing raid. In a fit of anguish and grief, his father joins the RAF to avenge her death, and Sonny is left alone. As he fights for survival, Sonny embarks on his own dramatic and intensely personal confrontation with the enemy….

Something moved at an upstairs window.... Nothing ever happens in the tiny village of Coney Cley. At least, that's what eleven-year-old Josh and his sister, Jinty, think. Until their trip down Shadows Lane. For there, within the walls of an isolated, crumbling cottage, something - someone - is hiding. Josh and Jinty are about to discover a shocking secret, which they must keep hidden at all costs.... A tense, fantastically gripping tale from Carnegie Award-winning author Robert Swindells.

La guerra di Troia è narrata in prima persona da un ragazzo, un umile arciere al servizio del grande Ulisse. Le parole del giovane dipingono un affresco inedito del tragico conflitto che oppose i Greci ai Troiani, nel quale gli eroi del mito non sono più soltanto belli e coraggiosi, ma si mostrano anche avidi condottieri pronti a tutto pur di soddisfare i loro capricci e la loro avidità. Un racconto che riflette sui temi della guerra e della pace: la guerra non procura gloria e onore, ma solo dolore e sofferenza. I veri eroi sono coloro che hanno il coraggio di fermarla.