Hilary McKay

The Skylarks' War

Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award

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Produktbeschreibung

An evocative and heartbreaking novel of family and friendship in wartime from Hilary McKay, award-winning author of the Casson Family Chronicles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2018
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781509894963
• ISBN-10: 1509894969
• Artikelnr.: 54700671

Autorenporträt

Hilary McKay is an award-winning author, having won the Guardian Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Exiles, and going on to win the Smarties and the Whitbread (now the Costa) Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title The Skylarks' War marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and is a classic in the making.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter
1: Clarry and Peter, 1908
1911 Chapter
2: Lessons and Stars, 1912 Chapter
3: Journey to Summer, Summer 1912 Chapter
4: Rupert Chapter
5: Shilling Ticket Chapter
6: Swimming Lessons, 1912
1913 Chapter
7: Growing Up Chapter
8: Simon the Bony One Chapter
9: The Miss Pinkses' Academy Chapter
10: Girls Can Do Anything Chapter
11: Grammar School Girl, August 1914 Chapter
12: Rupert in Uniform, Winter 1914 Chapter
13: Over By Christmas Chapter
14: Tripe Sausages Chapter
15: Letters Home, Easter 1915 Chapter
16: Simon Comes to Stay Chapter
17: The Photograph Chapter
18: Horse Transport, Summer 1915 Chapter
19: Lucy Chapter
20: Sausage Rolls, Winter 1915 Chapter
21: Saved by Books, Summer 1916 Chapter
22: Death of a Friend Chapter
23: How
Do
You
Spell
It? Chapter
24: More of Less Content Chapter
25: Clarry the Dark Horse Chapter
26: The Key to the Cricket Pavilion, Summer 1917 Chapter
27: In Flanders Chapter
28: Violet and the Pink Beret Chapter
29: Peter's Speech Day Chapter
30: Simon Enlists Chapter
31: Peter's Plans and Clarry's Dreams Chapter
32: Clarry Visits Oxford Chapter
33: Clarry's Butterflies Chapter
34: A Dog Called Rupert Chapter
35: Grandfather and Grandmother Chapter
36: Behind the Front Line Chapter
37: Wild Run Chapter
38: The Telegram Chapter
39: Odysseus Chapter
40: Rupert is Missing Chapter
41: The Great Search Chapter
42: Mr Rose Chapter
43: A Friend with a Boat Chapter
44: Facing the Music, Spring 1918 Chapter
45: Miss Vane and Mr King, Summer 1918 Chapter
46: Rupert Goes Back, Autumn 1918 Chapter
47: The Death of a Giraffe, November 1918 Chapter
48: Armistice Day Chapter
49: Afterwards Chapter
50: Love to Everyone Unit
i: Author's Note: The World Behind the Story Unit
ii: Glossary Unit
iii: Bibliography