The Year We Escaped
Winner of the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize, Children & Young Adult category, and a 2026 CBCA Notable, this incredible and moving adventure is not to be missed
$18.68
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
4 June 2025
Summary
For fans of Jackie French and Katrina Nannestad, The Year We Escaped is a heart-stopping and remarkable World War II story by talented author Suzanne Leal.
Europe, 1940
With war on their doorstep, German classmates Klara and Rachel, and French brothers Lucien and Paul, are forced to leave their homes. They are taken to Gurs, a French detention camp in the south-west of France. It’s a crowded place, with little comfort and even less food.
When …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460765906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460765907 |
| Author: | Suzanne Leal |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 4 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 200mm |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
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Suzanne Leal
SUZANNE LEAL is the author of novels The Teacher’s Secret, Border Street and The Deceptions, for which she won the Nib People’s Choice Prize and was shortlisted for the Davitt Awards, and the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. A senior member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and facilitator at community, corporate and literary events, Suzanne is the host of Thursday Book Club, a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online.
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