Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family.15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on February 24th 2022 the Russian army invades. Their apartment block is struck by a missile. After weeks living in their basement, Kateryno, her mother, and brother, decide to leave, joining seven million Ukrainian refugees. They come to England and meet their host family, the Hawkins. But their new beginning brings a whole new set of problems.
CONTRIBUTORS: Malcolm DuffyEAN: 9781800241732COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / GeneralWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
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Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
A grippingly unfolding domestic drama... the book’s two engaging narrators learn and teach the value of empathy with others, This story about homelessness is truthful and compelling, and Duffy has a talent forimparting serious ideas entertainingly., Well-paced and highly engaging, readers will be surprised by more than one satisfying
twist.
Geordie Malcolm Duffy now lives in Surrey. His debut, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and, alongside Sofa Surfer and Read Between the Lies, has won and been shortlisted for multiple regional awards. All three of his books have been Sunday Times Children's Books of the Week. @malcolmduffyUK malcolmduffy.com
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Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family.15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on February 24th 2022 the Russian army invades. Their apartment block is struck by a missile. After weeks living in their basement, Kateryno, her mother, and brother, decide to leave, joining seven million Ukrainian refugees. They come to England and meet their host family, the Hawkins. But their new beginning brings a whole new set of problems.
CONTRIBUTORS: Malcolm DuffyEAN: 9781800241732COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / GeneralWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Geordie Malcolm Duffy now lives in Surrey. His debut, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and, alongside Sofa Surfer and Read Between the Lies, has won and been shortlisted for multiple regional awards. All three of his books have been Sunday Times Children's Books of the Week. @malcolmduffyUK malcolmduffy.com
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