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Tom and Iris watch the enemy aircraft coming down towards the trees and make up their minds to go hunting for souvenirs. But they find more than they bargained for: the injured piot. And then the air-raid warning sounds and they all have to take shelter. While the two English children and the teenage German pilot are confined together, wih bombs falling all around them, Tom and Iris listen to Martin's story... BLJames Riordan's first novel Sweet Clarinet was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award and won the Nasen Specisl Education Needs Award BLJames Riordan has earned a reputation for writing about war in a powerful and uncompromising way
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The author writes with great power and uses words sparingly to great effect. (Wendy Cooling, Junior Education )
This powerful and moving story illustrates perfectly the conflicting emotions of wartime (Children's Books News )
Simply and effectively written. My 11 year old consultant loved it. (The Irish Times )
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A moving story of two children learning about the harsh reality of war
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