A story about friendship among two young people during one of the most unfriendliest events in our history – the Holocaust.
Raspberries on the Yangtze by Karen Wallace
This book is not set in China but in 1950s Qubec, Canada. Yangtze is the name given by a young girl to a special place near the edge of the wood. A funny and moving coming of age book for young teenagers.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
A fantastic fantasy story by the famous Tolkien. A book for more accomplished primary school readers and those in secondary school.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Bruno is a 9 year old boy living in Berlin during WW2 when they are ordered to move to ‘Out With’ by ‘The Fury’. Bruno has no idea where he is and what is going on and befriends a young Jewish boy on the other side of the wire fence, who is in striped pyjamas.