The Children's War
{{Short description|Novel by J.N. Stroyar}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = The Children's War
| image = The Children's War.gif
| caption =
| author = J.N. Stroyar
| country = United States
| language = English
| cover_artist =
| series =
| genre = Alternate history
| publisher = Pocket Books
| release_date = 2001
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback
| pages = 1168 pp (hardcover)
| isbn = 0-7434-0739-3 |isbn_note= (hardcover edition) & {{ISBN|0-7434-0740-7}} (paperback edition)
| dewey= 813/.6 21
| congress= PS3569.T7366 C48 2001
| oclc= 45556219
}}
The Children's War is a 2001 alternate history novel by J.N. Stroyar. It was followed by the sequels A Change of Regime and Becoming Them. The book was the long form winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html |title=Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, Past Winners |accessdate=2008-09-03 |publisher= |year=2001 }}
Background
The point of divergence happens in 1941 when Adolf Hitler's astrologer convinced him that attacking the Soviet Union was a bad idea and the German nuclear weapons program saw better progress. Fifty years later, the truce between Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the North American Union is still holding. The main character, Peter Halifax, finds himself betrayed by the British underground and forced into a life as a slave to a Nazi household, but later escapes to the Polish resistance.
Characters
- Peter Halifax/Alan Yardley (aliases for Niklaus Adolf Chase)
- Richard Traugutt (alias for Ryszard Przewalewski)
- Zosia Król
- Karl Vogel
- Elspeth Vogel
- Julia Hoffmeier
- Katerina Kalischer
Literary critique
The Bradenton Herald described The Children's War as "a brutal look at what might have been and a reminder of the price of freedom."{{cite web |url=http://www.bradenton.com/entertainment/story/877303.html |title=Alternative history answers 'what if?' |accessdate=2008-09-15 |author= Stacy Reyer |date=September 14, 2008 |work= The Bradenton Herald |publisher=}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
See also
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The above page includes an extensive list of other Wikipedia articles regarding works of Nazi Germany/Axis/World War II alternate history.
References
;Notes
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;Bibliography
- {{cite journal |title=The Children's War |last=Terpening |first=Ronnie H. |journal=Library Journal |date=April 15, 2001 |volume=126 |issue=7 |page= 134}}
- {{cite journal |title=The Children's War |last= Zaleski|first=Jeff |journal=Publishers Weekly|date=June 4, 2001|volume=248|issue=23|page= 59}}
External links
- [http://www.jnstroyar.com/ Official J.N. Stroyar website]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=nqrWNwgbUkIC&dq=Stroyar+%22The+Children%27s+War%22&pg=PP1 The Children's War on Google Books]
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Category:Sidewise Award for Alternate History–winning works
Category:Alternate Nazi Germany novels
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