The Year We Escaped

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Author
Suzanne Leal
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
04 June, 2025
ISBN
9781460765906

The Year We Escaped

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Synopsis

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.

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10 June 2025

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About the author

Suzanne Leal

Suzanne Leal began her career as a criminal lawyer and has since held appointments to several tribunals, including the Refugee Review Tribunal. A former legal commentator on ABC Radio, Suzanne is an experienced interviewer at literary functions and events. She has been a judge for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for 'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature. Her first novel, Border Street, was commended in the Asher Literary Award. The Teacher's Secret is her second novel. Suzanne lives in Sydney with her husband, David, and her four children, Alex, Dominic, Xavier and Miranda.

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