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A gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller and multi-award-winner, Robert Swindells.
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It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
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This book was published a few years ago, but it has recently passed through my hands and feel it is worthy of a mention. There are lots books in print about heroism and suffering in World War Two, but this story looks at the lives of the people who were just trying to get by.
Gordon's Dad and older brother are in a reserved occupation, which means they are not obliged to join the armed services as their skills are needed at home at the factory where they work. Some people see this as a form of cowardice and, as a result, Gordon takes a lot of bullying at school from boys whose fathers and older brothers are serving overseas. Raymond, Gordon's older brother, disappears and becomes involved with some very unpleasant people. They are the people who thrive when everyone else is struggling and make big money by stealing from the living and the dead. When Gordon and Raymond meet, Raymond convinces his younger brother that he is doing important war work for the government and Gordon is thrilled to be asked to help. In trying to help the odious Raymond after he has been caught Gordon and his dad end up saving a life and become local heros in the community that had previously accused them of cowardice.
We hear a lot about the 'Blitz Spirit' when everyone pulled together to help friends and neighbours through the dark times during the war, and we read about wonderful people who performed heroic and selfless acts of bravery, but this book reminds us that there were also people who were prepared to profit from other people's misery. A really interesting story well told by one of our favourite storytellers.
Gordon's Dad and older brother are in a reserved occupation, which means they are not obliged to join the armed services as their skills are needed at home at the factory where they work. Some people see this as a form of cowardice and, as a result, Gordon takes a lot of bullying at school from boys whose fathers and older brothers are serving overseas. Raymond, Gordon's older brother, disappears and becomes involved with some very unpleasant people. They are the people who thrive when everyone else is struggling and make big money by stealing from the living and the dead. When Gordon and Raymond meet, Raymond convinces his younger brother that he is doing important war work for the government and Gordon is thrilled to be asked to help. In trying to help the odious Raymond after he has been caught Gordon and his dad end up saving a life and become local heros in the community that had previously accused them of cowardice.
We hear a lot about the 'Blitz Spirit' when everyone pulled together to help friends and neighbours through the dark times during the war, and we read about wonderful people who performed heroic and selfless acts of bravery, but this book reminds us that there were also people who were prepared to profit from other people's misery. A really interesting story well told by one of our favourite storytellers.
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