Jake`s Gift Surrey International Children`s Festival Surrey Libraries

Jake’s Gift
Surrey International Children’s Festival
Surrey Libraries Resources
ABOUT
Jake’s Gift is a humorous touching drama that
tells the story of a Canadian WW2 veteran who
reluctantly returns to Normandy, France, for the
60th Anniversary of D-Day. While roaming the
shores of Juno Beach, Jake encounters
Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old from the
local village whose inquisitive nature and
charm challenge the old soldier to confront
some long ignored ghosts. At its heart, this
multi-award winning play is about the legacy of remembrance and personalizes the
story behind one soldier’s grave. The themes in Jake’s Gift cover history, music,
remembrance, friendship, generosity, loneliness, loss and forgiveness.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Ages 9 and up.
CHILDREN’S AND PRE-TEEN FICTION
(also check for any of the following titles on eBook!)
D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope , Normandy 1944 - Brian Perrett
Hana’s Suitcase – Karen Levine
The Diary of a Young Girl – Frank, Anne
Missing in Action – Dean Hughes
Mister Orange – Truus Matti
Jump Into the Sky – Shelley Pearsall
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The Dog in the Wood – Monika Schroeder
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes – Eleanor Coerr
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
Odette’s Secrets – Maryann MacDonald
I am Canada. Behind Enemy Lines: World War II – Carol Matas
Spy Smuggler Paul Leland, France, 1942 – 1944 – Jim Eldridge
Exiles from the War – Jean Little (or any of the World War II books in the Dear Canada series)
The Secret of the Village Fool – Rebecca Upjohn
Still at War – Jean Booker
The Darkest Corner of the World – Urve Tamburg
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Mon Ami Frédéric/Damals War Es Friedrich – Hans Peter Richter
A Bag of Marbles – Kris (graphic novel)
EBOOKS
Odette’s Secrets - Maryann MacDonald
The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
NON-FICTION
Juno Beach: Canada in World War II - Pierre Landry
On Juno Beach - Hugh Brewster
October 45: Childhood Memories of the War - Jean-Louis Besson
The Orphans of Normandy – Nancy Amis Reed
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A Child in a Prison Camp – Shizuye Takashima
DVDs
Inside Hana’s Suitcase
D-Day: Canada’s 24 Hours of Destiny
The Diary of Anne Frank (BBC mini series)
FRENCH LANGUAGE NONFICTION
Le Débarquement à Juno: des Héros du Jour – Hugh Brewster
Le Débarquement en Normandie, 6 Juin 1944 – Élisabeth Dumon-Le Cornec
Le Journal d’Anne Frank – Anne Frank
Dieppe: La Journèe la Plus Sombre de la Deuxiéme Guerre Mondiale - Hugh Brewster
Les Enfants du Silence – Jean-Pierre Guéno
FICTION
Prisonniers de la Grande Foret – Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Entré Refusée – Carol Matas
La Valise d’Hana: une Histoire Vraie – Karen Levine
Le Journal d’Anne Frank – Anne Frank