Title Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief / Katrina Nannestad ; Martina Heiduczek (Illustrator)

Edition 1st ed Published Sydney South, NSW : ABC Books, 2021

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MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Nan/Rsa		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Nan/Rsa		DUE 19-05-24

Description 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Summary Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ...It's spring, 1942. The sky is blue, the air is warm and sweet with the scent of flowers.And then everything is gone.The flowers, the proud geese, the pretty wooden houses, the friendly neighbours. Only Sasha remains.But one small boy, alone in war-torn Russia, cannot survive.One small boy without a family cannot survive.One small boy without his home cannot survive.What that small boy needs is an army.From the award-winning author of We Are Wolves comes the story of a young boy who becomes a soldier at six, fighting in the only way he can -- with love. But is love ever enough when the world is at war? For ages 10+Includes some greyscale illustrations Analysis Australian Notes Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia for the 2022 Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers Subject Children's stories Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 5 - Year 6 Australian fiction Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Child soldiers -- Juvenile fiction World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile fiction Love -- Juvenile fiction Historical fiction. Child soldiers. Love. Orphans. SUBJECT Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction Subject Soviet Union. Genre/Form Children's historical fiction. Children's stories History. Juvenile works. War fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. Author Heiduczek, Martina, illustrator ISBN 9780733341465 0733341462

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