Armistice Runner
Tom Palmer author Tom Clohosy Cole illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:6th Sep '18
Should be back in stock very soon
Tom Palmer celebrates the unsung athletic heroes of the Armistice in a powerful tale of the fell-running messengers on the front-line of war, publishing for the centenary anniversary of the end of WWI.
Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of bravery help her reconnect with her gran and even give her the inspiration she needs to push through and win?
“Tom Palmer has created a poignant story with different voices which manages deftly to explore painful memories of the war while keeping a foot firmly in the present” – Just Imagine
"A real triumph … beautifully-layered in its exploration of memory, loss and courage, emotionally resonating across time and place … Tom Palmer makes every word count, every word beat, every word resonate, pound, ache" – Chris Soul
"Today and yesterday are seamlessly woven together … will move readers in lots of different ways" – LoveReading4Kids
"Without doubt one of the finest war books I have read in a long time" – The Reading Zone
"Powerfully poignant … not to be missed" – Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher
- Winner of Cheshire Schools Book Award 2019
- Winner of James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award 2019
- Winner of Tees Valley Education Book of the Year 2019
- Winner of Children's Book Award 2019 - Older Readers Category 2019
- Short-listed for Portsmouth Year 5 Book Award 2019
ISBN: 9781781128251
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 18mm
Weight: 200g
208 pages