Tommy Cameron is illiterate, and excluded from the other children's games. He is befriended by a war veteran, Jack, who teaches him to read using the papers of a Private Tommy Cameron killed in the war, whose name is on the memorial where they met.

 

This book is part of a book series called Mammoth Read .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Stephen Potts won considerable critical acclaim for his Running Tide trilogy. His writing is achingly poetic, picking up on details and emotion that would often escape notice. Author: Anthony Masters is a distinguished, award-winning writer for both children and adults, being described by Junior Bookseller as 'a skilled novelist and a man of deep understanding -[he] writes beautifully, giving each word its value'. Illustrator: Stephen Player is an established illustrator of many children's books.