Noor Inayat Khan

By Author / Illustrator

Sufiya Ahmed

Genre

Biographies & Autobiographies

Age range(s)

Publisher

Scholastic

ISBN

9780702300059

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

06-08-2020

Synopsis

My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan. It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up to join the war efforts, despite her mother's wishes. It isn't long before her talents are noticed and she is chosen by Winston Churchill to sneak back into France as an undercover agent. Noor returns home - but this time, as a secret agent... Can Noor keep her true identity hidden, report her findings back to London and help the Allies win the war?

Perfect for any child wanting to learn more about history's untold stories. Great background reading for Key Stage 2 & 3, My Story: exciting stories with reliable and accurate historical detail.

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