The Kingdom by the Sea (New Windmills) - Hardcover
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a "Guardian" Children's Fiction Award-winner about a boy growing up. When his house on Tyneside is bombed in the war, and his family killed, Harry goes to live on the beach and makes his way up the coast with only a stray dog for company.
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‘Sympathetically read by Steven Mackintosh who gives it a strong sense of place with his use of mild Tyneside accents.’ Books for Keeps
Harry is an old hand at air-raids – but that night, although he survives the bombing, his home and his parents are gone. He can’t bear the thought of being landed with strange relatives, so he goes away to where nobody knows him.
And so begins an incredible journey. Harry makes friends with Don the dog – bombed-out like himself. They make a home on the beach and learn to survive in their Kingdom. But there is one last battle in store for Harry – one that he is not prepared for...
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- PublisherHeinemann
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0435123920
- ISBN 13 9780435123925
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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