That Burning Summer
By Lydia Syson.
Description
Full of passion, this wartime coming of age story is about a girl, a boy, and a crash-landing. Romney Marsh, July 1940: when invasion threatens, you have to grow up quickly. Sixteen-year-old Peggy has been putting on a brave face since the fall of France, but now the enemy is overhead, and the rules are changing all the time. Staying on the right side of the law proves harder than she expects when a plane crash-lands in the Marsh: it's Peggy who finds its pathetic, broken pilot; a young Polish man, Henryk, who stays hidden in a remote church, secretly cared for by Peggy. As something m...
ISBN(s)
1471400530, 9781471400537
