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Children and teenagers experience bombing, family disruption, school withdrawal and combat during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Nicola Pierce - Author
A serious wartime story about children caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad, combining personal loss, frightening danger and pressure to take part in fighting.
"Imagine your home is bombed one Sunday afternoon by a horde of enemy planes. Imagine your family has gone and you are left behind. This is the fate of five-year-old Peter and two teenagers Yuri and Tanya. Imagine being ordered to leave school to fight the terrifying Nazis in WWII. Imagine you are right in the middle of a battle; it's you or them--you have no choice. This is the fate of Vlad and his three classmates. The battlefield is the city of Stalingrad, the pride of Russia. Germany's Adolf Hitler wants the city badly, but Josef Stalin refuses to let go. Nobody has managed to stop the triumphant Nazi invasion across Europe. It all depends on one city--Stalingrad--her citizens, her soldiers and her children"--
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA serious wartime story about children caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad, combining personal loss, frightening danger and pressure to take part in fighting.
Children and teenagers experience bombing, family disruption, school withdrawal and combat during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Peter’s home is bombed and he is left behind, while Stalingrad’s citizens face a major military struggle.
The story includes citizens, soldiers and children, including pupils ordered to leave school and fight.
Prepare for distressing wartime material: a home is bombed, a family is gone, invasion threatens the city, and schoolchildren are ordered into a battle.
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