September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?
Jacqueline Wilson's story of a girl sent away as an evacuee in WWII, now available in paperback. It is her first novel set in this period, and she creates a moving and atmospheric read, filled with period detail and a sense of mystery. Ages: 9+. Nick Sharratt illustrates.