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      Backwater War

      by Peggy Woodford
      Published
      Feb 2010
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      192
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      About This Book

      A story for teenagers about the impact of the Second World War on the people of the British Channel Islands. The Channel Islands were the only part of Britain that Hitler's army managed to win and occupy, and the islanders were cut off for the whole war. They ran out of food and clothing, their houses were taken for enemy troops, their radios were confiscated, they lost their freedom. But the Germans couldn't take away their courage, and seventeen year-old Anna and her friends plot the ultimate act of resistance against the enemy-escape...

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical

      Themes

      Military

      Age Level

      Young Adult / Teens

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      Feb 2010 Solidus ISBN13 9781904529538 ISBN10 1904529534
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      Jan 1975 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374304775 ISBN10 0374304777
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      Nov 2011 Zenobia Press ISBN10 B00658MXJC
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