Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her roughly by the arms. My sister pokes her bruised face out from beneath the table and shouts, 'Run, Sasha! Run!'
One small boy without his home cannot survive. What that small boy needs is an army.
Honour Book - CBCA 2022 (Younger Reader's Book of the Year)
Winner - The Indie Book Awards 2022 (Children's)
Winner - ABA Bookseller's Choice 2022 Book of the Year Awards (Children's)
Winner - ARA Historical Novel Award 2022 (Children and Young Adult)
Shortlisted - ABIAs 2022 (Book of the Year for Younger Children)