Home Again: Stories About Coming Home From War

Home Again tells twelve moving tales of homecoming,centred around VE Day. With a foreword by Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn.Produced in partnership with The Royal British Legionfor the 75th anniversary of VE Day. A child evacuee, a Bletchley Park codebreaker, a rebel fighter,an Indian Army soldier... Each inspiring and authentic story helps to bring the end of WorldWar Two into focus.Every story is followed by a fact file, packed with detail ondifferent parts of the war.  Illustrated throughoutStories written by Bali Rai, Leila Rasheed, Tony Bradman, JimEldridge, E.L. Norry and Emily Hibbs. 50p per from the sale of Home Again paperbackin the UK will be paid to Royal British LegionTrading Limited which gives its taxable profits to TheRoyal British Legion (Charity no. 219279).   Praise for Home Again"I think what really marks this book out is the diverse mixof voices. There are stories from male and female perspectives,experiences shared by children and adults, and voices which originatebeyond the UK ...  The stories are authentic and carefullyresearched ... This is an incredibly compelling and insightfulbook and would be a very valuable addition to any upper Key Stage2 classroom. Get Kids Into Books