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. And then everything is gone. The flowers, the proud geese, the pretty wooden houses, the friendly neighbours. Only Sasha remains.

But one small boy, in war-torn Russia, cannot survive. One small boy without a family cannot survive. One small boy without his home cannot survive. What that small boy needs is an army.

Suitable for: Younger children (7-12 years).

Details: Children's book (fiction), published 2021.

Format: Hard cover, 320 pages.

Dimensions: 22.0 cm (h) x 16.2 cm (w) x 3.0 cm (d) / 471 grams.