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Andrea Warren
This is a historical account centred on Jack’s testimony, alongside photographs and context about the Holocaust. It follows his imprisonment, efforts to survive, liberation and search for family.
Sally M. Walker
A lyrical, illustrated account of Henry Brown’s life under slavery, his family’s forced separation, and his dangerous escape in a box.
Ashley Bryan
This is a visually rich wartime memoir about service, segregation, friendship and artistic persistence.
Peter Lantos
A child’s-eye memoir about displacement, family love and survival, moving from wartime adventure-like discoveries towards the realities of bombing, Bergen-Belsen, starvation, illness and bereavement.
Rex Ogle
This is a serious memoir about a child navigating poverty, school exclusion, racism and violent home relationships. Alongside distressing experiences, it includes friendship, sibling joy, Abuela’s influence and moments of perseverance.
Laura Hillman
A first-person Holocaust memoir centred on a young woman’s choices, imprisonment, separation from family, relationship with Dick, and eventual survival. Its account connects private courage and hope with systematic Nazi persecution.
Ruth Minsky Sender
This is a personal Holocaust memoir centred on Riva’s separation from her family, imprisonment and determination to survive. It presents endurance alongside persecution, bereavement and occasional kindness.
Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu, Isabella and Craig Hatkoff
A true account of Owen, a baby hippo rescued after the 2004 tsunami, and Mzee, an elderly tortoise who becomes his companion. Their shared routines offer a vivid animal-centred story about connection across difference.
Alison Prince
A historical friendship story seen through Eva’s diary, balancing courtly change with private hopes and losses. Its strongest interest appears to be the contrast between Eva’s personal happiness and Catherine’s increasingly difficult royal life.
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