Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - Military & Wars

Life in a small village is boring now that the war is over, butwhen a group of children hear of some treasure kept locked in the village, things start to look a bit more interesting

It's September 1939, and Britain has just entered World War II, 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...

Join us on this incredible time-travel adventure

Liberty, my wisecracking horse, our old friends Cam, Tommy, Freedom, and I are off to meet some super-brave soldiers in the year 1775. Yep, that's right. We'll be visiting with the underdog heroes who fought for American independence, against all odds--and won But not before eight very real years of danger and uncertainty. Be a part of Rush Revere's crew as we rush, rush, rush into a time when British...

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An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson's Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.

Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother...

But a moment later, the sound of Charlie Samson's drum was swallowed in a wild thunder. The glorious scarlet troops had been ambushed. Men were dead and dying all around, and all the beauty was gone. All that was left was himself and his drum, and a few shady nightwalkers -- cowards who came crawling from the ditches and knaves who scoured the dead for wealth.