Summary
A dramatic story of love and loss set during the Second World War; a young girl falls in love with two brothers and is forced to make an impossible choice…
When Josie is evacuated to her aunt and uncle’s farm in Essex, she meets and falls in love with seventeen year old Jumbo, a happy-go-lucky optimistic young man who doesn’t let his disability interrupt a life full of fun. Their relationship takes off, despite the difficulties of the war, which interrupts their idyll from time to tim…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781862301573 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1862301573 |
| Author: | K.M. Peyton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Definitions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2008 |
| Weight: | 199g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“There are very few born storytellers. K.M. Peyton is one of them.”
A gorgeous love story … Marvellous – Kati Nicholl * Daily Express *
A disturbing but richly evocative narrative which illustrates the human cost of war * Books for Keeps *
The Blue Skies and Gunfire of the title are beautifully evoked in this wartime romance – Becky Stradwick * The Children’s Bookseller *
A pleasure to read … A moving love story that illustrates the hardships, tensions and freedoms in the Second World War – Georgina Hanratty * Publishing News *
About The Author
K.M. Peyton
‘THERE ARE VERY FEW BORN STORY-TELLERS. K.M. PEYTON IS ONE OF THEM’ - The Times
Kathleen M Peyton is a top-selling author of more than thirty novels, the best-known of which is FLAMBARDS which, with its sequels, was made into a TV serial. She lives in Essex with her husband.
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