The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II.1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with Barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time.And what a story. The story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of World War I who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thing.It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late…
ISBN: | 9780008134174 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Imprint: | HarperCollins Children's Books |
Published date: | 25 Aug 2016 |
DEWEY: | 823.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 264 |
Weight: | 244g |
Height: | 130mm |
Width: | 196mm |
Spine width: | 21mm |