bombardment, 1940-1945

"August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she'd wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London. Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed--a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war"--Provided by publisher.

Bullied at school and by his father, thirteen-year-old Jack, a messenger boy during the London Blitz, becomes a hero after meeting a stray dog that can smell people buried beneath rubble.

"A tale of bombing raids, suspicious strangers, and a hidden suitcase in the London Blitz"--P. [1] of cover.

Presents a collection of poetry by celebrated English poet Glyn Maxwell that centers around the bombing of Britain in September 1941 and the Twin Towers of September 2001.

A young boy who is fascinated by World War Two, finds himself transported back in time to 1940's London when he goes on a school trip to Eden Camp, a war museum.

When Adam enters a secret cupboard at his school, he is transported through time to 1942, into the middle of a World War II air raid.

In the summer of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg. For ten days they pounded the city with over 9,000 tons of bombs. The firestorm they created was visible for 200 miles, and pockets burned for a month. After the bombing, as the people of Hamburg emerged from their cellars and shelters, they were confronted with a vision of hell: a sea of flame, the burned-out husks of fire engines, roads that had become flaming rivers of melted tarmac, and hurricane-force winds.

English teenagers Sophie, Marina, and Quigs explore an abandoned World War II air-raid shelter and emerge into the Blitz in 1940s London, where they must find a way to not only stay alive but get back to their own time.