Top ten war books for children

Sam Angus is the author of Soldier Dog and A Horse Called Hero. At the Guardian she shared a list of her favorite novels and diaries from the two world wars, including:The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

A terrific story from the other side, about the son of an Auschwitz prison commandant. Vivid, shocking and disturbing, this powerful, unsettling book is a sparse and elegant fable