The FitzOsbornes at War
The Montmaray Journals: Book Three
A cold numbness had settled upon me the moment Mr Chamberlain had begun to speak. I'd been praying for a last-minute miracle. For Stalin to change his mind, for the Americans to intervene, for Hitler to fall under a train . . . anything. Now I understood how stupid I'd been.
Sophie FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Nazis attacked. But now that war has come to England and the rest of the world as well – nowhere is safe.
Sophie fills her journal with tales of a life in wartime. Stories of blackouts and the Blitz. Dancing in nightclubs with soldiers on leave. And desperately waiting for news of her brother Toby, last seen flying over enemy territory.
But even as bombs rain down on London, hope springs up in surprising places, and love blooms. And when the Allies begin to drive their way across Europe, the FitzOsbornes take heart. Maybe, just maybe, there will be a way to liberate Montmaray - to go home again at last.
Sometimes heart-stopping, sometimes heart-breaking, Sophie's story will, as always, capture readers' hearts.
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The FitzOsbornes at War © Michelle Cooper
ISBN (paperback) 978 1 74275 032 3
ISBN (e-book) 978 1 74275 033 0
Published by Random House Australia in April, 2012
The FitzOsbornes at War © Michelle Cooper
ISBN (hardcover) 978 0 375 87050 7
ISBN (hardcover library edition) 978 0 375 97050 4
ISBN (e-book) 978 0 307 97404 4
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers in October, 2012
