By Phil Earle (author) Part of the Bestselling Adventure Stories series
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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month June 2023
Award winning Phil Earle’s previous titles, including When the Sky Falls , have shown what a gift he has for writing about animals.
In Until the Road Ends he uses the perspective of a dog, a cat and a pigeon – three unlikely travelling companions – to tell a story about the impact of the London Blitz on a family from an original perspective.
Beau has only recently been taken in by the Alford family when the news that children would be evacuated from London was announced. But already, he and Peggy had become inseparable. When Peggy is sent away she writes weekly to her parents but mostly to Beau who gets the gist of it all even though he can’t read the letters.
When disaster strikes Peggy’s parents, Beau teams up with Mabel, the family cat and Bomber, a local homing pigeon who is essential for navigation to the south coast. Their adventurous journey and eventual emotional meeting with Peggy and her brother Wilf are a triumph.
Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the British Book Award for Children's Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
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Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls : The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the British Book Award for Children's Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast, but Beau is left behind in the city, where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes. Night after night, as bombs rain down and communities are destroyed, Beau searches the streets, saving countless families. But then disaster strikes, changing Peggy's life forever.
With her parents killed, both she and Beau are left alone, hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them at long last . . .
Phil Earle is a magnificent writer. This is a thrilling adventure laced with humour, suspense, and love. Just brilliant -- Katya Balen
Phil Earle's wonderful World War Two animal adventures are continually heartfelt, heart-aching, heart-racing and Beau rightly takes his honoured place alongside literature's finest canine heroes -- Keith Gray
Born and raised in the north of England, Phil Earle is the author of numerous acclaimed, award-winning books for children and teenagers. He has worked as a carer, a dramatherapist, a bookseller and a publisher, and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. His novel When The Sky Falls won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award and the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction. He lives on the side of a very steep hill with his wife, their five children and two dogs.
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Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the British Book Award for Children's Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Until the Road Ends and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Until the Road Ends features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Until the Road Ends was written by Phil Earle and published by Andersen Press Ltd
Until the Road Ends has 271 pages
Yes it is part of Bestselling Adventure Stories series
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