- Fiction, Catholics, World War, 1939-1945, Schools
Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and effortless.
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Bloor
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Harcourt, Harcourt Childrens Books (J)
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780152046699
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