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The Number 1 Scottish Best Seller July 2011 Chosen for the LoveScottishLibraries Campaign. Tracey S. Rosenberg-winner of the SBT New Writer s Award. 1945. BERLIN. ONE LITTLE GIRL WANTS TO PROTECT HER FAMILY... AND HER UNCLE ADOLF. When twelve-year-old Helga Goebbels walks into Adolf Hitler s underground shelter, she expects to emerge as the most important girl in the victorious German Empire. Bewildered by the lack of celebrations, Helga defies her father s orders to stop asking questions... Horrified to discover how many lies she s been told, and how obediently she believed and repeated them, she finally accepts that Uncle Adolf has lost the war, and runs away. Realizing she s the only person willing to save her mother and her five younger siblings from the invading Russians, as well as from her father s demented loyalty, she sets in motion a plan to escape from Berlin. In The Girl In The Bunker, SBT New Writer s award winner Tracey S. Rosenberg explores the downfall of the Nazi regime through the eyes of a child. This stunning, cinematic novel takes us to the dark heart of Nazi Germany and into a story none of us will ever forget.

Number One Best Seller in Scotland, Week beginning 10/7/11 --Scottish Best Seller chart