It's 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils' heads to see which of them have the most 'Aryan'- shaped heads. But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive. Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness can be, too. The companion piece to Hitler's Daughter, Pennies for Hitler examines the life of a child during World War II, from a different perspective.
It's 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils' heads to see which of them have the most 'Aryan'- shaped heads. But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive. Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness can be, too. The companion piece to Hitler's Daughter, Pennies for Hitler examines the life of a child during World War II, from a different perspective.
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the
2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior
Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order
of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her
advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's
most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from
picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much
loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can
change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary
philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate.
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