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    World War II Tales: The Apple Spy
    World War II Tales: The Apple Spy
    World War II Tales: The Apple Spy
    Ebook53 pages27 minutes

    World War II Tales: The Apple Spy

    By Terry Deary and James de la Rue

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    From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps
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    Ideal for readers aged 7+

    Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. In this retelling of an extraordinary true story, a pair of children realise that the odd strangers they see in their tiny Scottish village are German spies. Can the children alert the authorities or will the ruthless spies find them first?
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    'Bubbling with wit, language play and robust dialogue....just the right mix of ingredients to trigger young readers' interest in all things historical' - Books For Keeps
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJan 29, 2015
    ISBN9781472916228
    World War II Tales: The Apple Spy
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    Terry Deary

    Terry Deary is the author of over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, which have been published in 32 languages. His historical fiction for older children Tudor Terror has been praised as "a marvellous blend of fact and fiction" (School Librarian). His non-fiction has been consistently in the best-seller lists since 1994. His Horrible Histories celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2008, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide and been adapted as television series, theatre tours and museum exhibitions. Terry Deary was voted "Outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th Century" by Books for Keeps magazine.

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      World War II Tales - Terry Deary

      WORLD WAR II TALES

      THE APPLE SPY

      WORLD WAR II TALES

      THE APPLE SPY

      Illustrated by James de la Rue

      Chapter 1

      Spiders and stories

      Scotland 1940

      Miss McLennan had a round, porridge-white face and little brown eyes. When she read us stories her little eyes grew wide and her voice grew excited.

      Some of the kids in her class stared at her, mouths open, as if her words were dripping honey. Me and my brother Jamie thought she looked plain daft.

      ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is fairest of them all?’ the teacher read.

      ‘It’s not you,’ Jamie muttered and I sniggered. I snorted too loud. I couldn’t help it.

      Miss McLennan slammed the book shut. ‘Marie Bruce, go and stand in the corner,’ she said and her mouth wrinkled like a breakfast prune.

      I blew out my cheeks. She always picked on me. Jamie made trouble but I was punished. He liked that. Brothers.

      The teacher went on, ‘The wicked queen went into her most secret room and she made a poisoned apple.’

      And the class went ‘Ooooh!’

      ‘From the outside it was beautiful, and anyone who saw it would want it. But anyone who ate a little piece of it would die.’

      ‘Ooooh!’

      You know the story. The queen pretended to be an old apple seller and visited Snow White, who refused to eat the apple. Snow White didn’t live in war time like we did. We would have eaten a barrel full of apples.

      ‘Are you afraid of poison? asked the

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