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A Time of Fire - Couverture souple

Westall, Robert

 
9780330337540: A Time of Fire
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0330337548 ISBN 13 : 9780330337540
Editeur : Macmillan Children's Books, 1995

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Sonny loses his mother in a German bombing raid and his father joins the RAF to avenge her death. He too is killed, leaving Sonny to be cared for by his grandparents. Sonny faces his own confrontation with the enemy and with his mother's ghost, finding eventual reconciliation.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Westall was born in 1929 on Tyneside, where he grew up during the Second World War. He studied Fine Art and Sculpture, and for many years taught in schools throughout the North of England. His first novel for children, THE MACHINE GUNNERS won the Carnegie Medal in 1975. He won it again in 1982 for THE SCARECROW (the first writer to win the medal twice), the Smarties Prize in 1989 for BLITZCAT, and the Guardian Award in 1991 for THE KINGDOM BY THE SEA. He died in 1993.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ten-year-old Sonny loses his mother in a German bombing raid and his father joins the RAF to avenge her death. He too is killed, leaving Sonny to be cared for by his grandparents. Sonny faces his own confrontation with the enemy and with his mother's ghost, finding eventual reconciliation.

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Éditeur
Macmillan Children's Books
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0330337548
ISBN 13 
9780330337540
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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