By Sue Klauber (author)
"An exciting middle-grade novel set in the Second World War"
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January 2023 Debut of the Month
John, George and Eva are three siblings involved in the war in contrasting, but equally dramatic, ways. George is a secret agent parachuted into Slovakia to blow up trains in an operation codenamed ‘Zinc’. Eva, living in Hungary, is involved with the Resistance, while John is a code-breaker at Bletchley Park.
Based on the extraordinary real-life stories of Sue Klauber's father, uncle and aunt, she wrote Zinc for her son to celebrate the full and heroic engagement of their North London Jewish family in the fight against tyranny.
It is World War 2 and brothers George and John and their sister Eva are each fighting in their own way. Secret agent George is parachuted into Slovakia in an Operation codenamed Zinc, John breaks codes at Bletchley Park, while Eva is stranded in enemy-occupied Hungary.
“Zinc is a triumph... a thrilling adventure, full of daring, danger and rich authenticity, which explores the lives of three ordinary young people at an extraordinary time of war when life was anything but normal. It’s a story that reveals how our relationships and decisions are shaped by our experiences and how those decisions impact on our future lives. Written straight from the heart, and with many themes that will strike a chord with contemporary readers, this is a gripping story of one family’s heroic and selfless part in the battle to defeat a brutal enemy.” Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Post
Sue Klauber is an experienced fundraiser and former media educator. She has produced films made by refugee children from Columbia, Kurdistan, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Armenia and Romania, worked as a fundraiser in arts and social care charities and is now the Trusts and Foundation Lead for a charity where she monitors grants across areas of residential care, community centres, physical disability and Holocaust survivors' services. Zinc is her first children's book.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Zinc and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
Zinc features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Warfare & Battles, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Zinc was written by Sue Klauber and published by Troika Books
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