Winter in Wartime

‘A book we should all read’ Michael Morpurgo

‘Vivid, captivating… sure to inspire a new generation’ R.M. Romero, author of The Dollmaker of Krakow

During the Second World War, the Netherlands is under Nazi control and acts of resistance are punishable by death. But when teenage Michiel is asked to take care of a wounded British Spitfire pilot, he doesn’t think twice.

He joins the secret struggle against the Nazis, knowing all the while that spires are everywhere and once loose word could cost him his life…

Winter in Wartime is a thrilling, powerful adventure story, inspired by the author’s own experiences as a child in Nazi-occupied Holland.

Part of the new Pushkin Children’s Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.

Translated by Laura Watkinson.