The Edge of the Cloud (Flambards) - Softcover

Peyton, K.M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192736353 ISBN 13: 9780192736352

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2014

Synopsis

The First World War is looming and for young sweethearts, Christina and Will, their adventures are just beginning as they head to London - their heads full of dreams. But the reality is altogether more difficult.

Will has just one ambition - to design and pilot flying machines. As he strives to fulfil his dream, Christina is left to make a new life for herself around the airfield. She soon makes friends and begins to enjoy her newly-found independence but nothing will ever overcome her terror of the aeroplanes that Will loves so much. And when war breaks out, she fears the worst . . . that she may lose the man she loves for ever.

A welcome reissue of this much-loved family saga, this book was the winner of the Carnegie Medal.

About this title

Review:

...an amazingly detailed insight into the development of flight and aviation pioneers. (The School Librarian)

...brilliantly compelling slice of social history (The School Librarian)

K M Peyton convincingly portrays the passion, uncertainty and intensity of young love. (Linda Newbery, Armadillo)

Book Description:

The second book in the classic Flambards sequence

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0192736353
• ISBN 13: 9780192736352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192