Product Description
Collins Big Cat - Blitz Kids: Band 17/Diamond
Author(s): Jim Eldridge, Illustrated by Monica Auriemma, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Britain, 1940. The Blitz.
For 12-year-old Ellie and her brothers, it’s not just about surviving the bombing, it’s trying to solve the mystery of the enemy within. Who’s attacking local people, and why?
Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Text type: A story with a historical setting Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
Jim Elridge was born in Camden Town in central London in 1944 during the Second World War. When he was a baby his pram was snatched from his elder sister's hands by a blast from an exploding V2 rocket, and he ended up unharmed (and still asleep) on a pile of rubble.
He grew up in this area amid scenes of bomb-damage and devastation, and his memories and the tales of what his parents and elder sister went through during the Blitz have inspired this book, Blitz Kids.
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