The Kingdom by the Sea
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3.4 • 44 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Guaradian award winning novel about courage, friendship and war. Reissued into the Essential Modern Classic list.
When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and has only himself to rely on. Anxious that he will be sent to live with his fussy Cousin Elsie he goes on the run across the war-battered land of North East England, his only friend in his journey a stray dog that he meets on the beach. Will Harry ever find a place to call home again, or will he be on the run forever?
About the author
Robert Westall was born October 1929, in Tynemouth, England. His first book, The Machine Gunners, was published in 1975, for which he won the Carnegie Medal. Amongst many more prizes and accolades, he won the Carnegie for the second time in 1980, with The Scarecrows. He died in 1993.
Customer Reviews
It pretty good
The start and the middle is very good but the end is a let down.
It builds up and goes down hill. But don't get me wrong its a brilliant book.
Good
It is very good because it is realistic and it is fascinating because my nan had a experience like that
complete
waste fo time never read it