13 year old, just getting interested in history, studying WW2 at school in the UK asked for a book about WW2.
He’s not the most studious of lads but, obviously, anything I can do to foster interest is A Good Thing.
Does anyone have any recommendations for books for Young adults, academically respectable but not too heavy reading and with plentiful illustrations, maps etc. Unusually, perhaps, he‘s not very interested in hardware or in the military side.
All I can seem to find is Horrible History stuff (which has it’s place but he’s outgrown them) and stuff for primary school children, or stuff he’s just not ready for. There’s no way he’s ploughing though Richard Evans for instance.
TIA
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