Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief: CBCA Honour Book 2022 War & defence operations Could country life

Could country life

Lucas has never been so close to breaking the rules

Winston Churchill followed his own star

This book gives me a chance to look back at every moment of the 20 years in between

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief: CBCA Honour Book 2022 War & defence operations Could country lifeAward winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old 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!' So I run. I run like a rabbit. It's spring, 1942. The sky is blue, the air is warm and sweet with the scent of flowers. And