Awards
- Nominated for Carnegie Medal 2022 (UK)
Overview
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?
Full Product Details
Author: Tom Palmer ,
Clohosy Cole
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.200kg
ISBN: 9781781129715
ISBN 10: 1781129711
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 06 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Young adult
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Children / Juvenile
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Historical fiction doesn't get much better than this -- LoveReading4Kids Had me on the edge of my seat -- Dan Smith An excellent and moving tale ... Palmer has written a real page-turner here -- Aspects of History I'm awestruck by his ability to make history come alive and resonate emotionally in beautifully compact prose ... written dramatically and sensitively; Palmer's writing is sharp like a chisel, finding the heart under the harsh cold of war -- Chris Soul Artful descriptions ensure that we wholly experience each sensation - from grief to brutal cold - with the characters, and (as always with Tom Palmer) we finish knowing, and caring, much more than when we started -- Roaring Reads, Blog
I'm awestruck by his ability to make history come alive and resonate emotionally in beautifully compact prose ... written dramatically and sensitively; Palmer's writing is sharp like a chisel, finding the heart under the harsh cold of war -- Chris Soul Historical fiction doesn't get much better than this -- LoveReading4Kids Artful descriptions ensure that we wholly experience each sensation - from grief to brutal cold - with the characters, and (as always with Tom Palmer) we finish knowing, and caring, much more than when we started -- Roaring Reads, Blog Had me on the edge of my seat -- Dan Smith
Author Information
Tom Palmer was a reluctant reader as a child and credits articles about football with getting him into reading. He is now the multi-award-winning author of many books for young readers, including the Young Quills Award winner After the War and FCBG Children's Book Award winners Armistice Runner and D-Day Dog. In 2019 Tom was awarded the National Literacy Trust's Ruth Rendell Award in recognition of his significant contribution to literacy work in the UK.
