The Kingdom by the Sea (Collins Modern Classics)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Kingdom by the Sea (Collins Modern Classics)
By (Author) Robert Westall
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st August 2009
28th July 2016
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways
Childrens / Teenage emotions: Loneliness, isolation
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
160g
Description
The Guardian award-winning novel about courage, friendship and war. Reissued into the Collins Modern Classic list.
When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and has only himself to rely on. Anxious that he will be sent to live with his fussy Cousin Elsie he goes on the run across the war-battered land of North East England, his only friend in his journey a stray dog that he meets on the beach. Will Harry ever find a place to call home again, or will he be on the run forever
Author Bio
Robert Westall was born October 1929, in Tynemouth, England. His first book, The Machine Gunners, was published in 1975, for which he won the Carnegie Medal. Amongst many more prizes and accolades, he won the Carnegie for the second time in 1980, with The Scarecrows. He died in 1993.
