Tilly's Promise by Linda Newbery
A love story set against the backdrop of World War One. A beautiful and timeless story about the uncertainty and destruction caused by war. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+ A beautiful and timeless story about the uncertainty and destruction caused by war. Tilly is a young nurse doing her best to help in the war effort. When she hears her brother Georgie must go to the front line in France she is devastated. Georgie isn't like other people – he has learning difficulties and doesn't understand what the war means. Tilly asks her sweetheart Harry to keep Georgie safe. But they soon learn that the nature of war makes any promise hard to keep – Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+When Linda Newbery was a teenager she secretly wrote her own stories and hid them in a wardrobe so they wouldn’t be found. Writing was put on hold for a few years when Linda became a teacher, but at the age of 30 she set herself the challenge of finishing a book and getting it published. She now writes full-time and has produced books for all ages. She has won the Costa Children’s Book Prize and has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, as well as for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781122938 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781122938 |
| Title | Tilly's Promise |
| Author | Linda Newbery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2014-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 104 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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