Winner of the Smarties Award in 1989, and set in World War II, this is the story of a courageous cat who led the way to safety out of the blazing ruins of blitz-torn Coventry. People touched her for luck, yet feared her as an omen of disaster. Wherever she went, she changed lives.
When one of my favourite teachers recommended this book to me, she said that Westall's writing style was like Michael Morpurgo's, only better. And I have to say, I completely agree with that after finishing this novel.The novel is set during the Second World War, and follows Harry as his house is...
I pushed back his arm. His face glared. The gun exploded. The bookcase fell and the flames leaped everywhere… I wakened, sweating. Lay consoling myself that the nightmare was getting less vivid. I looked across at Keri’s bed, but she’d gone. Racing. God, Glasgow was an awf...
He saw Liddell, too." "Trouble for some," said Chas. "Perhaps Liddell's pawned the Alderman Bewick Chromium-Plated Cup for Effort!" "No such luck. Hey, do you think they're on to you-know-what?" "The way Boddser's shooting off his mouth, it'll be any moment now. What about...