Tilly's Promise

Tilly's Promise

by Linda Newbery (Author)

Synopsis

A beautiful and timeless story about the uncertainty and destruction caused by war. Tilly is a young nurse doing her best to help in the war effort. When she hears her brother Georgie must go to the front line in France she is devastated. Georgie isn't like other people - he has learning difficulties and doesn't understand what the war means. Tilly asks her sweetheart Harry to keep Georgie safe. But they soon learn that the nature of war makes any promise hard to keep - Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Published: 15 Jan 2014

ISBN 10: 1781122938
ISBN 13: 9781781122938
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Author Bio
Linda Newbery began by writing teenage fiction, but has now written for all ages. She won the Costa Children's Book Prize and has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, as well as for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. She lives in rural Oxfordshire, with her husband, three cats and two chickens.