Author : Mick Jackson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062031902
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Book Synopsis Five Boys by : Mick Jackson
Download or read book Five Boys written by Mick Jackson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the “stay behinds”: the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys. As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King. Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, Five Boys is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch.