Flight
Published on 12. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-910080-76-4 (ISBN)
Description
Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Spanish Riding School groom Herr Engel at a remote country stables where they are hiding the precious Lipizzaner stallions the Nazis wants to steal. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, Jakob and his guardian know they must get the stallions to safety, but the only way is straight through enemy territory. Joined by Kizzy, an orphan Roma girl, the three must guide the horses across the perilous Austrian mountains. Will they reach safety, and what will be waiting for them on the other side?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cardiff
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
244 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910080-76-4 (9781910080764)
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Person
Vanessa Harbour was born in Bromsgrove. She is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the university in Winchester. She used to run her own PR consultancy. She has been commissioned to write Creative and Critical Approaches to Writing Young Adult Fiction by Palgrave. She is Academic and Business Consultant at the Golden Egg Academy and works for them as an editor. Flight is her first novel.