Doodlebug Summer
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2006
96 pages
978-1-4081-5272-0 (ISBN)
Description
A story set during World War II. It is the summer of 1944. There have been no air raids for quite a while, and people are beginning to think the war may be coming to an end. Katie and her family don't sleep in the shelter any more, and it's a relief to be back in the comfort of proper beds. One night in June, she wakes to hear a noise like a loud motorbike, coming closer. It stops abruptly, and there are a few seconds of silence - then an explosion that rocks the house. The Doodlebugs have arrived...
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
None
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-5272-0 (9781408152720)
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Alison Prince
Doodlebug Summer
Book
03/2006
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
€26.18
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Person
Alison Prince was joint winner of the Guardian Fiction Award in 1996 for The Sherwood Hero and is particularly known for her historical fiction. She has had many books published with OUP and has written two titles for Scholastic's My Story series, My Tudor Queen and Anne Boleyn and Me.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1 Pauline and Me
- 2 The Start of It
- 3 Rockets
- 4 What Now?
- 5 Terror
- 6 Ambulance
- 7 Afterwards
- Glossary
- Historical Note
- Map of England and Northern Europe
- Imprint
