By Bali Rai (author)
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Home Again tells twelve moving tales of homecoming, centred around VE Day, with a foreword by Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn .
A child evacuee, a Bletchley Park codebreaker, a rebel fighter, an Indian Army soldier...
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Each inspiring and authentic story helps to bring the end of World War Two into focus.
Every story is followed by a fact file, packed with detail on different parts of the war.
Produced in partnership with The Royal British Legion for the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
"I think what really marks this book out is the diverse mix of voices. There are stories from male and female perspectives, experiences shared by children and adults, and voices which originate beyond the UK ... The stories are authentic and carefully researched ... This is an incredibly compelling and insightful book and would be a very valuable addition to any upper Key Stage 2 classroom. Get Kids Into Books
Bali Rai has written over forty novels about teenagers and children. Born in Leicester, his writing is inspired by his working-class, multicultural background.
He was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer.
A leading voice in UK teen fiction, Bali is a passionate advocate of libraries, reading for pleasure and promoting literacy. He has nearly twenty years of experience in working with young people across the UK and further afield and is extremely popular with schools. He has been nominated for and won numerous awards since 2001.
Bali has worked closely with The Reading Agency, Booktrust, The National Literacy Trust, Empathy Lab UK and many other organisations, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in 2014. He also featured on BBC1’s Rebel Writers show and is an ambassador/patron for several high-profile literacy and arts projects.
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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 World War Two into focus. Every story is followed by a fact file, packed with detail on different parts of the war. Illustrated throughout Stories written by Bali Rai, Leila Rasheed, Tony Bradman, Jim Eldridge, E.L.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Home Again and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Home Again features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Short Stories, True Stories, History, Warfare & Battles, Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past, Children’s picture books, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Home Again was written by Bali Rai and published by Scholastic
Home Again has 159 pages
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