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The Swallows' Flight Hilary McKay

The Swallows' Flight By Hilary McKay

The Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay


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Summary

Return to the world of the Costa Award-winning Skylarks' War in Hilary McKay's hopeful and heart-warming follow up - a WWII story that spans generations and crosses the divides of war.

The Swallows' Flight Summary

The Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay

From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary Mckay, comes a moving WWII story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict. The Swallows' Flight is the stunning companion novel The Skylark's War.

Erik and Hans are German boys. Ruby and Kate are English girls. They grow up in worlds that would never meet, until war tumbles their lives together.

Then one September afternoon there are choices to be made.

How is courage lost, and found?
Who is really the enemy?
And what does friendship truly mean, in the middle of a war?
Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace - and a brighter future for them all . . .

The Swallows' Flight Reviews

Hilary McKay has the ability to create characters so real that they live with you long after the last page, having made you laugh, cry - and love them. The Swallows' Flight is no exception; it soars like the swallows of the title as it leads its characters through the WW2 years, and ends with a glorious feeling of hope. -- Vivian French
This book belongs among the classic of children's literature . . . -- Sunday Times on The Skylarks' War
The kind of classic that rings with beauty and conviction and heart-stopping emotion -- Amanda Craig on The Skylarks' War
Hilary McKay is one of the great writers of children's fiction and this story of love and loss during the First World War is one of her best, told with unflinching wisdom -- Independent, on The Skylarks' War

About Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War, the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. She is also the author of Straw Into Gold, A Time of Green Magic and The Swallows' Flight, a companion novel to The Skylarks' War, among many critically-acclaimed titles. Hilary studied Botany and Zoology at the University of St Andrews, and worked as a biochemist before the draw of the pen became too strong and she decided to become a full-time writer. Hilary lives in Derbyshire with her family

Additional information

GOR011888228
9781529070347
1529070341
The Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20210527
304
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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