'This captivating novel vividly describes the details of a wartime city. Best suited to older readers, it's a sometimes sad story of friendship and growing up.' The Week Junior Book of the Week
Under the London Sky
A Week Junior Book of the Week
Anna WoltzA Telegraph best new children’s book
London, September 1940. Deep in the Underground, taking shelter from the bombs, four teenagers meet.
Without the Blitz, they never would have met.
Fourteen-year-old Ella walks with a limp. Some days, she feels like a laughing stock. Other days, like no one sees her at all. Quinn is fifteen, fancy and fearless. She’s run away from home with a bag of family jewels and big ideas about changing the world. Jack is sixteen and doesn’t care about anything anymore – he’s already lost it all. And then there’s Sebastian, Quinn’s older brother. He used to be her hero. Until he became a traitor
A coming-of-age historical novel for teens from internationally bestselling children’s author, Anna Woltz.
Reviews
'The Blitz is conveyed with such urgent realism, wonderful depth and great drama.' Anthony McGowan, author of Dogs of the Deadlands
'Anyone interested in the Blitz will come away the wiser. But it's Woltz's ability to evoke the passions and pathos of a teenage girl that makes this war story so persuasive.' Telegraph best new children's books
'Woltz's achievement is significant.' Books for Keeps
Anna Woltz
Anna Woltz is an internationally bestselling children’s author based in the Netherlands. She has written twenty-six books for young readers, which have been translated into twenty-four languages and won numerous prizes. My Especially Weird Week with Tess, which Rock the Boat will publish in 2023, was made into an award-winning film titled My Extraordinary Summer with Tess. It has been translated into thirteen languages.
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