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It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
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"Masterfully, Swindells combines considerable psychological depth with a page-turning plot, delivered in manageable bites" (Daily Telegraph)
"A short but highly accomplished piece of writing from this rightly celebrated author. Full of convincing and illuminating period detail, including authentic and entertaining vernacular speech, this novel is fast paced and exciting to read" (The School Librarian)
"This is an exciting, atmospheric story which really draws you in - you can almost hear the bombs dropping" (Primary Times)
"Robert Swindells and World War II are once again a powerful, dramatic combination. It's a setting which fires his imagination - a setting he brings thrillingly alive. Shrapnel is his latest foray into the war, and it's another cracker, directly, engagingly written, with plenty of pace and consistently intriguing" (Phil Hewitt Bognor Regis Observer)
"A gripping story about what it is that truly makes a hero - with short and punchy chapters - Swindells expertly combines story with informative snippets of what life was like on the Home Front" (Stirling Observer)
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A gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells.
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- PublisherCorgi Childrens
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 055255930X
- ISBN 13 9780552559300
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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