Five Children on the Western Front - Softcover

Saunders, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571342329 ISBN 13: 9780571342327

Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2017

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Outstanding 2015 Costa children's winner asks deep questions about courage and tyranny. (Independent)

It is an irresistible read for a wide range of readers . . . Comfortably blending fantasy elements with an English period piece about a close family, Saunders doesn't shy from the tragedies of WWI, but handles them with a tender sadness, eschewing any hints of sentimentality or melodrama. (Publishers Weekly)

A dramatic, heartrending look at World War I's far-reaching consequences for families and individuals. This book will appeal to both historical fiction and fantasy fans. (School Library Journal)

Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017. *Designated Outstanding Merit (Bank Street College of Education and Children’s Book Committee)

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An incredible, heart-wrenching sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It, set on the eve of the First World War. The five children have grown up - war will change their lives for ever. Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ... until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.

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• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0571342329
• ISBN 13: 9780571342327
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336