A Time of Fire
1994
First Published
3.76
Average Rating
176
Number of Pages
A thrilling war story from the author of THE MACHINE GUNNERS. It takes just a few seconds for the German bomber to drop its deadly explosives and vanish into the clouds. But those seconds change ten year old Sonny's life for ever. His mother is gone, killed by the bombing raid. His father leaves, driven to distraction by rage and grief. Sonny is left with his formidable grandparents where he must prepare for his own personal confrontation with the unknown Luftwaffe pilot who killed his mother...
Avg Rating
3.76
Number of Ratings
38
5 STARS
24%
4 STARS
39%
3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
11%
1 STARS
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Author
Robert Westall
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Robert Westall was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England in 1929. His first published book The Machine Gunners (1975) which won him the Carnegie Medal is set in World War Two when a group of children living on Tyneside retrieve a machine-gun from a crashed German aircraft. He won the Carnegie Medal again in 1981 for The Scarecrows, the first writer to win it twice. He won the Smarties Prize in 1989 for Blitzcat and the Guardian Award in 1990 for The Kingdom by the Sea. Robert Westall's books have been published in 21 different countries and in 18 different languages, including Braille. From: http://www.robertwestall.com/
