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1	No time to wave goodbye more books like this by Ben Wicks add to wishlist Within hours of the German invasion of Poland in 1939, children were being evacuated out of the cities into the countryside in a carefully planned operation. For all these children, evacuation was an emotional experience; for some it was deeply traumatic, yet others discovered the pleasure of living in the country and formed lasting friendships. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Goodnight Mister Tom more books like this by Michelle Magorian add to wishlist Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...The TV film starred John Thaw. This title is winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| first editions
3	The great betrayal; the evacuation of the Japanese-Americans during World War II more books like this by Audrie Girdner, Anne Loftis add to wishlist see all copies from $3.50! first editions
4	Home of the Brave more books like this by Allen Say (Illustrator) add to wishlist In dreamlike sequences, a man symbolically confronts the trauma of his family's incarceration in the Japanese internment camps during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Blue Note more books like this by Charlotte Bingham add to wishlist During the Second World War, Eastenders Miranda and Ted are sent to the country with another young evacuee, Roberta (Bobbie), to live with two unmarried sisters in their idyllic rectory. The time they spend with Aunt Sophie and Aunt Prudence turns their underprivileged lives into something very near to Heaven: gathering wool from hedgerows, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $81.56! \| first editions
6	Deprivation and Delinquency more books like this by D W Winnicott add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! first editions
7	The day they took the children more books like this by Ben Wicks add to wishlist In 1988, when the author launched his first book of writings by evacuees, "No Time to Wave Goodbye", hundreds of men and women converged on London for a nostalgic reunion. This further collection of memories of evacuation, is illustrated with photographs and personal mementoes. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $38.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The hostile shore more books like this by Douglas Reeman add to wishlist The Sigli had been just an old passenger launch, but when the Japanese invaded Singapore during World War II everything that could float was pressed into service. And so, crammed with refugees, harried and bombed by enemy planes, the Sigli had struggled south in a desperate attempt to escape - Rupert Blair's family had been among the passengers on ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Sky Is Falling more books like this by Kit Pearson add to wishlist During World War II, 10-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother, Gavin, are sent to live in Canada after the Nazis begin bombing England. Norah finds life in Canada difficult, especially when it seems that her host, Mrs. Ogilvie, is trying to recreate Gavin in the image of her dead son. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	When the siren wailed more books like this by Noel Streatfeild add to wishlist Suddenly there were no secrets any more. Everyone knew there was going to be a war, which meant that all children in danger areas like London were to be sent to the country. Then on Friday 1st September 1939, it happened...When World War II started in 1939 everybody was terrified that the enemy would bomb London to ruins, and careful plans were ... see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
11	Looking at the Moon more books like this by Kit Pearson add to wishlist This sequel to "The Sky is Falling" is set in 1943. Thirteen-year-old Norah Stoakes has been living as in Canada as an English "war guest" for three years. When Andrew, a distant cousin of the family she has been staying with, arrives for the summer, Norah is surprised to find herself falling in love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Behind Barbed Wire more books like this by Daniel S Davis add to wishlist Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, their way of life there, and their eventual assimilation into society following the war. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
13	The spoilage : Japanese-American evacuation and resettlement during World War II more books like this by Dorothy Swaine Thomas, Richard S. Nishimoto add to wishlist see all copies from $4.06! first editions
14	Primrose Day more books like this by Carolyn Haywood (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this story set during World War II, a young girl leaves war-torn England for the United States. Illustrated with b&w drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.22! \| first editions \| SVS
15	The guest children : the story of the British child evacuees sent to Canada during World War II more books like this by Geoffrey Bilson add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! signed copies
16	Places of Greater Safety more books like this by Hilda Hollingsworth, Wendy Logsdon (Designer) add to wishlist Hilda Hollingsworth's story of the World War II evacuation of nearly 1 million children from London's big cities to so called Places of Greater safety just prior to the Nazi blitz offers a look at the Christian side of the holocaust. Hilda and her sisters lived with a series of foster families in the relative safety of Wales, some kind, some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.67! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame: The Story of the Japanese Canadians in World War II more books like this by Barry Broadfoot add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions
18	Executive Order 9066: The Internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans more books like this by Maisie Conrat, Richard Conrat add to wishlist From the epilogue by former Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark: "That pictures can express truth more succinctly than words is proved here in the images of Dorothea Lange and the other photographers who documented the Japanese American relocation of World War II. The wistful, forlorn look of the children; the hopeless, dejected expression of their ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $52.53! \| first editions
19	Schools Behind Barbed Wire: The Untold Story of Wartime Internment and the Children of Arrested Enemy Aliens more books like this by Karen L Riley add to wishlist Often overlooked in the infamous history of US internment during World War II is the plight of internee children. Drawn from personal interviews and multiple primary source materials, "Schools Behind Barbed Wire" uncovers this chapter in American history. Previous to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the children of German and Japanese nationals took ... see all copies from $19.06! new only from $30.61!
20 view cover	Wild Daisies in the Sand more books like this by Tom Sando add to wishlist This book reopens a chapter in Canadian history. The book is a series of diary entries beginning in 1941, when author Tom Sando was imprisoned in concentration camps, first in Petawawa and then Angler, Ontario -- a young Japanese Canadian imprisoned only because he was willing to stand and fight for his rights as a Canadian. The Japanese ... see all copies from $4.19! new only from $9.39! \| signed copies \| SVS
21	America, lost & found more books like this by Anthony Bailey add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Escape with Honor (H) more books like this by Francis Terry McNamara, Adrian Hill add to wishlist An account of the fall of South Vietnam, written by a former U.S. Consul General who was stationed in Can Tho in 1975. Surrounded by the Viet Cong at the time of the American evacuation, McNamara led a group of embassy personnel, Marines, and Vietnamese allies 70 miles through enemy territory to safety. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $66.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	The Counterfeit Ark: Crisis Relocation for Nuclear War more books like this by Langley C. Keyes (Editor), Jennifer Leaning (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24	Moths in the memory : a postwar spring more books like this by James Birdsall add to wishlist Written by the same author as "Boys and the Butterflies", this novel evokes perceptions of a Yorkshire boyhood in the 40s, in which the passion for moth and butterfly collecting forms a leitmotif to the development of a young boy's life. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $19.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	Common Sense in Uncommon Times: Survival Techniques for a Changed World more books like this by Pamela Meyer-Crissey, Brian Crissey, Pamela Meyer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.18!

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