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Blitz


No. of pages 80

Published: 2014

Great for age 5-8 years

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A mysterious air-raid shelterA plane crash under fireA secret operationA noise in the attic The four stories featured in Blitz share a common theme World War II and its effect on the lives of ordinary people, especially children. Robert Westalls powerful writing focuses not only on the drama and danger of living in a country at war, but also captures the heady excitement and almost farcical humour of exceptional circumstances.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 80 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Robert Westall -Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal. -Winner of the Smarties Prize.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.