Overview
From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary Mckay, comes a moving WWII story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict. The Swallows' Flight is the stunning companion novel The Skylark's War. Erik and Hans are German boys. Ruby and Kate are English girls. They grow up in worlds that would never meet, until war tumbles their lives together. Then one September afternoon there are choices to be made. How is courage lost, and found? Who is really the enemy? And what does friendship truly mean, in the middle of a war? Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace - and a brighter future for them all . . .
Full Product Details
Author: Hilary McKay
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.378kg
ISBN: 9781529070347
ISBN 10: 1529070341
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Hilary McKay has the ability to create characters so real that they live with you long after the last page, having made you laugh, cry - and love them. The Swallows' Flight is no exception; it soars like the swallows of the title as it leads its characters through the WW2 years, and ends with a glorious feeling of hope. -- Vivian French This book belongs among the classic of children's literature . . . -- <i>Sunday Times </i>on <i>The Skylarks' War</i> The kind of classic that rings with beauty and conviction and heart-stopping emotion -- Amanda Craig on <i>The Skylarks' War</i> Hilary McKay is one of the great writers of children's fiction and this story of love and loss during the First World War is one of her best, told with unflinching wisdom -- <i>Independent, </i>on <i>The Skylarks' War</i>
Author Information
Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War, the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. She is also the author of Straw Into Gold, A Time of Green Magic and The Swallows' Flight, a companion novel to The Skylarks' War, among many critically-acclaimed titles. Hilary studied Botany and Zoology at the University of St Andrews, and worked as a biochemist before the draw of the pen became too strong and she decided to become a full-time writer. Hilary lives in Derbyshire with her family
