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by RobertSwindells (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

This is another gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells. Life in a small village is boring now the war is over, there is still rationing and bomb damage and war losses. But when a group of children hear of some treasure kept locked in the village, things look at bit more interesting. And then two strangers turn up in the village - and they've heard of the treasure too...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 06 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 0552561541
ISBN 13: 9780552561549
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Another gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells.

Media Reviews
Gripping . . . Swindells deftly explains the atmosphere of war-torn London . . . without bogging down the pace of the book. . . . well worth reading. -- Publishers Weekly on Shrapnel
Swindells' novel shows the excitement of the war at home. --Booklist
Swindells novel shows the excitement of the war at home. Booklist
Swindells paints the home front like a play, in page-turning but atmospheric scenes full of details of everyday life and secondary characters that rise, well-rounded, from spare, believable dialogue. School Library Journal on Shrapnel
Gripping. . . Swindells deftly explains the atmosphere of war-torn London . . . without bogging down the pace of the book.. . . well worth reading. Publishers Weekly on Shrapnel
Author Bio
ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer. RUBY TANYA won the Salford Children's Book Award 2005.