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Please write soon / Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Please write soon / Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Please write soon /
Inspired by the true story of his father's cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries his best to adjust to life in the English countryside, Bernie's parents know that as Jews they're not safe staying in Warsaw, so they send Bernie to the Russian-occupied side of the country in the hope that he'll be safer there. Soon, though, he is arrested and sent off to a forced labour camp in Russia. As the cousins exchange sporadic letters, they try to keep their spirits up, trading jokes and observations about the world changing all around them. Then Bernie seizes the opportunity to join the "Anders Army" and fight the Axis powers, and tells Solly all about his experiences in Iran and eventually Italy, where he fights alongside the British at the famous Battle of Monte Cassino. Will Bernie survive this war and find a safe place to call home? 7-11 years old.

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Record Number 675438
ISBN 9780702315572 (paperback)
Author Rosen, Michael, author.
Title Please write soon / Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Publication details Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2022.
copyright 2022.
Pagination etc. 73 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Summary Note Inspired by the true story of his father's cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries his best to adjust to life in the English countryside, Bernie's parents know that as Jews they're not safe staying in Warsaw, so they send Bernie to the Russian-occupied side of the country in the hope that he'll be safer there. Soon, though, he is arrested and sent off to a forced labour camp in Russia. As the cousins exchange sporadic letters, they try to keep their spirits up, trading jokes and observations about the world changing all around them. Then Bernie seizes the opportunity to join the "Anders Army" and fight the Axis powers, and tells Solly all about his experiences in Iran and eventually Italy, where he fights alongside the British at the famous Battle of Monte Cassino. Will Bernie survive this war and find a safe place to call home?
Target audience note 7-11 years old.
Subject 1939-1945
War fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
Cousins -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
War stories
Cousins
Families
War stories
Children's stories
Children's stories
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
Cousins -- Juvenile fiction
Families -- Juvenile fiction
War fiction
Children's stories
Juvenile works
War fiction
Fiction
War fiction
Added Entry Foreman, Michael, illustrator.
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