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Five Boys

Five Boys

A Novel

by Mick Jackson
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/07/2003

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When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the "stay behinds" the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys.

As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King.

Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, Five Boys is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch.
ISBN:
9780060013950
9780060013950
Category:
Historical Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-07-2003
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
200x130x20mm
Weight:
0.27kg
Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson has published four adult novels and two collections of stories, all with Faber.

His first novel, The Underground Man, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Royal Society of Authors First Novel Award. Mick came to children’s books late, through having his own kids.

The children’s books he most admires are quite eccentric, but underpinned with tenderness.

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