The Dolphin Crossing - Softcover

Walsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571296246 ISBN 13: 9780571296248

Publisher: Faber, 2012

Synopsis

A gripping wartime adventure story for young readers, The Dolphin Crossing (first published in 1967) marked the fiction debut of Jill Paton Walsh, subsequently a celebrated author of detective stories and novels for adults.

The Dolphin Crossing is set in 1940 at the height of the Second World War, and concerns two boys: John, a boarding school boy, and Pat, an evacuee from a London slum. Together John and Pat make a daring plan to sail a boat across the English Channel to Dunkirk. Foolhardy as their plan may seem, the boys are sure they must do something to help the stranded British soldiers.

'A story of friendship and growth for two teen-aged boys... A comprehensive presentation of many points of view (the professional soldier, the battle-scarred, the wife and mother) combines with understanding of adolescent psychology in a well-paced evocation of the way it was.' Kirkus Review

About this title

About the Author:

Jill Paton Walsh is the author of books for adults, young adults and children. Her novel "Knowledge of Angels" was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Her crime novels and mystery novels include "The Attenbury Emeralds", "A Presumption of Death", "The Wyndham Case" and "A Piece of Justice", which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. With Dorothy L. Sayers, she was co-author of "Thrones, Dominations". Her novels for children and young adults include "The Green Book" and "A Parcel of Patterns". She lives in Cambridge, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0571296246
• ISBN 13: 9780571296248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180