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War Boy A Wartime Childhood

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Brilliantly observed in words and pictures, War Boy is a first hand, eye-witness view of growing up in World War Two. Michael Foreman grew up in Lowestoft where bombing raids causing terrible damage were common as planes flew in over the North Sea. But amid the real dangers, Foreman and his friends made the best of their extraordinary circumstances enjoying a childhood with many familiar ingredients such as playing loads of football and belonging to different gangs and many unfamiliar ones including spotting and identifying enemy planes, playing ping pong on Morrison shelters and making rude noises with their gas masks.

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War Boy is a modern classic that combines a touching personal story with factual information and wonderful illustrations.  Wartime is brought vividly to life and interweaved with plenty of Michael Foreman’s personal childhood memories including when the bomb came through the roof.  Reading this is in unforgettable experience.  Winner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.

Other titles in this series of books set in, around and after the two world wars of the 20th century by Michael Foreman include,  After the War was Over, War Game, War Boy, Farm Boy and Billy the Kid.

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