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Arctic Star - Conkers (Paperback)
Tom Palmer (author), Tom Clohosy Cole (illustrator)Published: 06/05/2021
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.
Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
ISBN: 9781781129715
Number of pages: 208
Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"An excellent and moving tale ... Palmer has written a real page-turner here" -- Aspects of History
"I'm awestruck by his ability to make history come alive and resonate emotionally in beautifully compact prose ... written dramatically and sensitively; Palmer's writing is sharp like a chisel, finding the heart under the harsh cold of war" -- Chris Soul "Artful descriptions ensure that we wholly experience each sensation – from grief to brutal cold – with the characters, and (as always with Tom Palmer) we finish knowing, and caring, much more than when we started" -- Roaring Reads, BlogYou may also be interested in...
“A moving story of courage, loss, friendship and heart.”
Anyone who’s read a Tom Palmer book before will know how evocative and immersive his books are, and this is no different.
Set on the HMS Forgetmenot, part of the Royal Navy’s Arctic Convoy on its way to Russia,...
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“Cold Courage”
Another impressively gritty wartime tale from Tom Palmer, who brings you crashing into the terrifying realities of the Artic Convoys of World War II.
Told from the point of view of the young men who battled the enemy...
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“Phenomenal, tense and harrowing: Palmer again finds the heart amid the turmoil of war.”
Phenomenal! I've read a few Tom Palmer books now and after each one I'm awestruck by his ability to make history come alive and resonate emotionally in beautifully compact prose. 'Arctic Star' is a... More
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