Wave Me Goodbye
$29.37
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2018
Summary
Award-winning, bestselling and beloved Jacqueline Wilson tells the fascinating, moving story of a girl sent away from home as an evacuee during the Second World War.
September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, ten-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train with her schoolmates. She doesn’t know where she’s going, or what’s going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she’s going on ‘a little holiday’.
Shirley is billeted in the country, with two…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440871514 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440871514 |
| Author: | Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Yearling |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail
A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail * Daily Express *
An emotional and dramatic urgency that will keep readers turning the pages compulsively – Andrea Reece, June 2017 Book of the Month * Lovereading4kids.co.uk *
Wilson has an incredible ability to inhabit her child characters so precisely and Wave Me Goodbye will be like Nina Bawden’s Carrie’s War for a new generation of children learning about our country’s past * Belfast Telegraph *
Wilson has a gift for striking truths … a worthy addition to [her] ever-growing body of work – Rebecca Butler * Books for Keeps *
Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel at the age of nine and has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors, having written over 100 books and created characters like Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.
Wilson has received numerous awards for her work, including the Children’s Book of the Year. She is a former Children’s Laureate and was appointed a Dame in 2008. An avid reader, she has a collection of over 20,000 books, alongside her well-known collection of silver rings.
Nick Sharratt
Nick Sharratt is both a writer and illustrator of many children’s books, including Shark in the Park, You Choose, and Pants. He has earned multiple accolades for his picture books, such as the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the 2001 Children’s Book Award. Sharratt has also achieved considerable success illustrating books by Jacqueline Wilson. He resides in Hove.
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