Letters from the Lighthouse
Carroll, Emma
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From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees.Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her. And then she finds a strange coded note which seems to link Sukie to Devon, and to something dark and impossibly dangerous.'A gripping adventure.' Guardian'A triumph.' The Bookseller'Carroll sews together accessible history with a cracking plot and a character to love in the strong, principled Olive.' The Times, Children's Book of the Week
PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780571327584
BY (AUTHOR) Carroll, Emma
PUBLISHER : Faber & Faber
PUBLICATION DATE : June 01, 2017
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom
IMPRINT : Faber & Faber
LANGUAGE : English
AGE : Interest age: from c 8 years
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 260 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Children’s, Teenage & Educational
Letters from the Lighthouse
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DESCRIPTION :
From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.
We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.
February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees.
Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her. And then she finds a strange coded note which seems to link Sukie to Devon, and to something dark and impossibly dangerous.
'A gripping adventure.' Guardian
'A triumph.' The Bookseller
'Carroll sews together accessible history with a cracking plot and a character to love in the strong, principled Olive.' The Times, Children's Book of the Week
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 260 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Children’s, Teenage & Educational
From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.
We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.
February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees.
Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her. And then she finds a strange coded note which seems to link Sukie to Devon, and to something dark and impossibly dangerous.
'A gripping adventure.' Guardian
'A triumph.' The Bookseller
'Carroll sews together accessible history with a cracking plot and a character to love in the strong, principled Olive.' The Times, Children's Book of the Week
PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780571327584 | |
BY (AUTHOR) Carroll, Emma | |
PUBLISHER : Faber & Faber | PUBLICATION DATE : June 01, 2017 |
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Faber & Faber |
LANGUAGE : English | AGE : Interest age: from c 8 years |
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback |
WEIGHT : 260 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Children’s, Teenage & Educational