Together the children seek to keep the airman’s whereabouts a secret, which sets off a chain of events that changes their lives. It is so nice, having read a pile of books for the library recently, to find something that has been crafted and cared for. Jonathan Tulloch's writing takes you straight into the story's time, during WWII, and place; a small Lake District village. The place is almost a character in its own right, with an immersive understanding of farming at that time.

The cruelty she suffers at the hands of Mr Scarcross and her impoverished background is offset against her character’s resilience and humour.Sally’s sponsor, Mr Scarcross, a gruff bully, was a soldier who fought in World War 1 and he and the local Home Guard are intent on finding the missing navigator.

What makes it stand out from other fiction of this genre is its incredible use of the setting of the Lake District. Author of eight novels, including The Season Ticket, Give Us This Day and Mr McCool, Jonathan’s work has been filmed, staged and Radio 4 serialised. A great addition to the genre, carefully crafted, and bringing great gusts of Lakeland hill farming with it . It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you.The lives of the people living on remote farms and the plight of evacuees sent to stay with people who should not be allowed near children are shockingly recounted. Now at last, after many, many attempts, I’ve built all the parts into a book – I first began it 25 years ago. Tommy and Sally are wonderful characters, the latter in particular, and their exploits are steeped in atmosphere.

And so, all the glorious sights and sounds of British nature have flown and grown their way into these pages. What’s more, it seems the airman is injured and needs more than Sally’s stolen food and first aid kit.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The story centres on two children, one resident farmer, being brought up by three aunts while the men are away fighting, and one evacuee, who turns out to be a runaway. Ross Welford introduces Time Travelling with a Tortoise, the sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, and a whole new time travel adventure! Then a German plane is brought down over the village and the navigator is not there and must have bailed out. His father is missing in action, and his best friend, Sally, is a mischievous and fearless evacuee from Tyneside.