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Artikel-Nr:
9781407047935
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Robert Swindells
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Robert Swindells (geb. 1939 Bradford) gehört zu den bekanntesten englischen Jugendbuchautoren der 90er Jahre. Bereits als Fünfzehnjähriger verließ er die Schule, um bei einer Zeitung als Korrekturleser zu arbeiten. Mit siebzehn ging er für drei Jahre zur englischen Luftwaffe, um sich danach auf dem zweiten Bildungsweg zum Lehrer auszubilden. Heute lebt der Autor in Oxenhope (Yorkshire). Für seine Werke wurde er mit dem "Guardian Children's Fiction Award" und der "Carnegie Medal" ausgezeichnet.
It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?