Hilary McKay

The Skylarks' War

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award.

The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free with their charismatic cousin, Rupert. But normal life resumes each September - boarding school for Peter and Rupert, and a boring life for Clarry at home with her absent father, as the shadow of a terrible war looms ever closer.

When Rupert goes off to fight at the front, Clarry feels their skylark summers are finally slipping away from them. Can their family survive this fearful war?

'This belongs among the classic of children's literature . . . Funny, sad, warm, it is about growing up and finding what you love.' - The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: von 9 bis 11 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781509894963
• ISBN-10: 1509894969
• Artikelnr.: 54700671

Autorenporträt

Hilary McKay is a critically acclaimed award-winning author. She won the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title, The Skylarks' War, marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and was the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It is a classic in the making.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter
1: Clarry and Peter, 1908
1911 Chapter
2: Lessons and Stars, 1912 Chapter
3: Journey to Summer, Summer 1912 Chapter
4: Rupert Chapter
5: Shilling Ticket Chapter
6: Swimming Lessons, 1912
1913 Chapter
7: Growing Up Chapter
8: Simon the Bony One Chapter
9: The Miss Pinkses' Academy Chapter
10: Girls Can Do Anything Chapter
11: Grammar School Girl, August 1914 Chapter
12: Rupert in Uniform, Winter 1914 Chapter
13: Over By Christmas Chapter
14: Tripe Sausages Chapter
15: Letters Home, Easter 1915 Chapter
16: Simon Comes to Stay Chapter
17: The Photograph Chapter
18: Horse Transport, Summer 1915 Chapter
19: Lucy Chapter
20: Sausage Rolls, Winter 1915 Chapter
21: Saved by Books, Summer 1916 Chapter
22: Death of a Friend Chapter
23: How
Do
You
Spell
It? Chapter
24: More of Less Content Chapter
25: Clarry the Dark Horse Chapter
26: The Key to the Cricket Pavilion, Summer 1917 Chapter
27: In Flanders Chapter
28: Violet and the Pink Beret Chapter
29: Peter's Speech Day Chapter
30: Simon Enlists Chapter
31: Peter's Plans and Clarry's Dreams Chapter
32: Clarry Visits Oxford Chapter
33: Clarry's Butterflies Chapter
34: A Dog Called Rupert Chapter
35: Grandfather and Grandmother Chapter
36: Behind the Front Line Chapter
37: Wild Run Chapter
38: The Telegram Chapter
39: Odysseus Chapter
40: Rupert is Missing Chapter
41: The Great Search Chapter
42: Mr Rose Chapter
43: A Friend with a Boat Chapter
44: Facing the Music, Spring 1918 Chapter
45: Miss Vane and Mr King, Summer 1918 Chapter
46: Rupert Goes Back, Autumn 1918 Chapter
47: The Death of a Giraffe, November 1918 Chapter
48: Armistice Day Chapter
49: Afterwards Chapter
50: Love to Everyone Unit
i: Author's Note: The World Behind the Story Unit
ii: Glossary Unit
iii: Bibliography

Rezensionen

McKay is at her best in this poignant family drama. The Guardian