Blackout

By: Robert Swindells

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Paperback | 6 January 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Paperback
224 Pages

Age
9 - 11

Grade
4 - 6

Dimensions(cm)
12.9 x 19.8 x 1.4

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Life in a small village is boring now that the war is over, but when a group of children hear of some treasure kept locked in the village, things start to look a bit more interesting

It's September 1939, and Britain has just entered World War II, but in the small town of Golfodd there are no bombs, no soldiers, and no machine guns. For Tom, Mary, Gary, and Dil, the whole thing is a disappointment. They want excitement, but they aren't looking for trouble, so when they start shadowing the mysterious new woman in town, they don't expect it to lead them down to the bottom of the old, rotten mines of Golfodd. That's when things get dark and dangerous.

Industry 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"

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