Warfare, Battles and Armed Forces Books

Friendship forms in the midst of war between a young German boy and a Russian bomber-dog, in this poignant and gripping historical adventure. East Prussia, Germany, 1945. War is raging across Europe, and as Russian soldiers close in across eastern...

Reluctant reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a captivating historical tale inspired by the true story of Britain’s Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. November 1920. The body of an unknown soldier is to be buried at Westminster Abbey. The war has...

Queen of Historical Fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war. SUMMER 1914When Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon...

Tom Palmer celebrates the unsung athletic heroes of the Armistice in a powerful tale of the fell-running messengers on the front-line of war, publishing for the centenary anniversary of the end of WWI. Lily has lots of worries. She's...

A gripping historical tale set during World War One. Orphans Bert and Frank are sent as cheap labour to the colonies in Australia, but are separated before they arrive. When the Great War calls on ANZAC soldiers to raid Gallipoli, will the brothers find...

In this moving and timeless story, award-winning author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, weaving a rich portrait of a family reeling from loss and the chilling yet hopeful voyage of fighting for what matters,...

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin MBE, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. England, 1937.Gwen, Noor, Dodo and Vera are four very different teenage girls, with something in common. Their...

The discovered diary of Yoko, a 13-year-old Japanese girl who lived near Hiroshima during the war Ages: 8-12 the diary of Yoko, a 13-year-old Japanese girl who lived near Hiroshima during the war 1945 was a hard time to be a child in Japan. Many had...

Painstakingly researched and extremely well written, this is a novel that moves deftly and easily from one time period to another and yet still allows the novel to retain an overall sense of cohesion. Shooting stars, kisses, grenades and the lumbering...

A heart-lifting story of hope and courage in a time of war, set in the South of France ‘The storytelling is, as always, irresistible and the characters clasp your heart’ Sunday Times, Children’s Book of the WeekThere are lots of things Lorenzo doesn’t...

Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer. July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother...

A richly illustrated gift picture book edition of Michael Morpurgo’s classic wartime story War Horse, which has been captivating audiences young and old for 40 years. War Horse celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022!This powerful book for younger...

In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate.Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. “They plan to...

Captured by a press gang, entangled in French espionage, betrayed and abandoned.Francisco Mouse's quiet life in eighteenth-century Hampstead Heath is thrown into upheaval when he leaves home to find his way in the world. As he travels through London, he...

Reading about battles bloody or not will reveal the conditions of the past world. It will reveal the economic conditions of society as well as the uneven distribution of power. It will also reveal the primary decision makers and their agenda that shaped...