Angel for May

Informationen zum Autor Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature, having won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for his acclaimed novel Junk. Klappentext Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature. Zusammenfassung Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to the Second World War. Alone and afraid! he makes friends with May! who has been rescued from a bombed-out house. She tries to persuade him to stay at the farm! but Tam is afraid of being trapped in the past forever.

Product details

• Authors: Melvin Burgess, Burgess Melvin
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9781849395342
• ISBN: 978-1-84939-534-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories