"Phil Earle is a magnificent writer. This is a thrilling adventure laced with humour, suspense, and love. Just brilliant"

- Katya Balen,

"Earle's story has Spitfire action, a crocodile and incidents of self-sacrifice, and as always he can counted on to be emotionally involving"

The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

"Dad's Army meets Animals of Farthing Wood. Warm, weepy, wonderful. Victory medals all round"

The Times, Children's Book of the Week

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"Based on several true events, this thrilling adventure is exciting, witty, warm and occasionally heartbreaking"

Daily Mail

"A heartbreaking story of love and devotion in the midst of war"

Waterstones

From the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls comes the heart-rending story of evacuee Peggy, separated from her beloved dog Beau in the Second World War. Peggy and her dog Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast, but Beau is left behind in the city. He becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes, searching the streets after the bombs fall for survivors. Then disaster strikes when Peggy's parents are killed, leaving her and Beau alone, hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them... 'Dad's Army meets Animals of Farthing Wood. Warm, weepy, wonderful. Victory medals all round' The Times, Children's Book of the Week 'A heartbreaking story of love and devotion in the midst of war' Waterstones
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"Phil Earle is a magnificent writer. This is a thrilling adventure laced with humour, suspense, and love. Just brilliant"

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781839133169
Publisert
2023-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Andersen Press Ltd
Vekt
232 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Born and raised in the north of England, Phil Earle is the author of numerous acclaimed, award-winning books for children and teenagers. He has worked as a carer, a dramatherapist, a bookseller and a publisher, and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. His novel When The Sky Falls won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award and the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction. He lives on the side of a very steep hill with his wife, their five children and two dogs.