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The Year We Escaped: Winner of the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize, Children & Young Adult category, and a 2026 CBCA Notable, this incredible and moving adventure is not to be missed
By Suzanne LealNarrated by Elizabeth Brennan, Alfie BakerLength6h 15m
About this audiobook
For fans of Jackie French and Katrina Nannestad, The Year We Escaped is a heart-stopping and remarkable World War II story by talented author Suzanne Leal.
Europe, 1940
With war on their doorstep, German classmates Klara and Rachel, and French brothers Lucien and Paul, are forced to leave their homes. They are taken to Gurs, a French detention camp in the south-west of France. It's a crowded place, with little comfort and even less food.
When Klara and Rachel are promised safe refuge in a remote French village, Lucien and Paul are anxious to join them — and will risk their own lives to get there.
Filled with adventure, danger and intrigue, this is the story of four unlikely friends desperate to escape from a war that keeps coming closer.
AWARDS
Winner - 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize - Children & Young Adult category
CBCA Notable for Younger Readers 2026
Audiobook details
GenreYoung Adult, Children's Literature
Length6 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byElizabeth Brennan, Alfie Baker
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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