Christine Nostlinger

0. Fly Away Home - Paperback £5.99

by Christine Nostlinger
(Books/All genres) (ISBN:9781842709207)

When her family's apartment in Vienna is bombed, Christel Goth and her family lose everything. They are offered the use of a summer villa in the suburbs, and walk there in just the clothes they stand up in. The war is ending, and there is a precarious existence eking out food stores, and anticipating horrors from the oncoming Russian army. But when they come, the worst the soldiers do is get drunk and fire their guns. It's a tense time, and Christel's active curiosity leads her into all sorts of dangerous places.

0. Fly Away Home - Paperback £5.99

by Christine Nostlinger
(Books/All genres) (ISBN:9781842702277)

Based on the author's own childhood experiences in war-torn Austria, this is the story of Christel Goth, whose family move to a large villa outside Vienna when their apartment is bombed. Her wounded father deserts from the army to be with them, but then must stay hidden from the Russian soldiers of occupation, who commandeer the villa.

Awards & Reviews

Out of Shadows

by Jason Wallace

'Excellent. [Out of Shadows is] the
latest lacerating addition to the
boarding-school-as-living-hell genre
... read on if you have the courage.
The author attended a similar
establishment at the age of 12,
and gives every indication of knowing
exactly what he is writing about.'

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by David McKee

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