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When the Sky Falls, Or, A Is for Adonis

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It’s 1941, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis’s cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?

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SKU: 9781783449651 Categories: All Books, Kids 6-12 Tags: Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage), Second World War fiction
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Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Choice AwardLonglisted for the Carnegie MedalThe Times Children’s Book of the Year’A magnificent story ? It deserves every prize going’ Philip Pullman’An extraordinary story with historical and family truth at its heart, that tells us as much about the present as the past. Deeply felt, movingly written, a remarkable achievement’ Michael Morpurgo1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, bonds deepen and secrets are revealed, but if the bombers set Adonis rampaging free, will either of them be able to end the life of the one thing they truly love?Inspired by a true story.

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Weight 256 g
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2 cm
Author

Earle, Phil

Publisher

Andersen Press

Imprint

Andersen Press

Cover

Paperback

Pages

309

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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