Cuckoo Summer

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Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing Summer 1940. As the cuckoo sings out across the Lake District, life is about to change for ever for local boy Tommy and his friend Sally, the mysterious evacuee girl who lives on the neighbouring farm. When they find a wounded Nazi airman in the woods, Sally persuades Tommy not to report it but to keep the German hidden. This starts a chain of events that leads to the uncovering of secrets about Sallys past and a summer of adventure that neither child will ever forget.

Reviews

"A ripping wartime adventure and a love letter to Lakelands farms and fells" -- Melissa Harrison
"With a brilliant cast of characters, dialogue to die for and a tone reminiscent of Robert Westall at his finest, I was hooked from the very first page" -- Phil Earle
"Beautifully written... A moving story about identity and finding your family for fans of "Carrie's War" and "Goodnight Mister Tom"" * The Bookseller *
"an exciting and lively story... It is great fun" * Books for Keeps *
"Beautifully depicted... worth recommending, or reading aloud to, your children for the richness of detail about its Lake District setting and the way it captures the private world that children can inhabit even during times of the greatest adversity" * The Tablet, Novel of the Week *

Author Bio

Author of eight novels, including The Season Ticket, Give Us This Day and Mr McCool, Jonathans work has been filmed, staged and Radio 4 serialised. He has won the Betty Trask Prize and the JB Priestley Award. He writes The Times' Nature Notebook, and a nature column in The Tablet.