A child in Burracombe
Harry, Lilian2017
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In the village of Burracombe, 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While the young men are away, everyone at home knows the war effort needs them too. Whether it's Land Girls on the farms, wives and mothers having to make do and mend, or the villagers knowing how to stretch rations to keep spirits bright, there is always something to be done to help. When the Barton is requisitioned as a children's home for war orphans, all of Burracombe rallies round to welcome their newest arrivals. Still reeling from losing her mother and brother in the Plymouth blitz, and her father being killed at sea, Maddy Simmons has been sent to a different children's home to her beloved sister. As Maddy explores the village and makes new friends, she begins to feel at home and realises that Burracombe is the kind of place where you will always have someone to turn to, even when times are hard.
Main title:
A child in Burracombe / Lilian Harry.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Orion Books, 2017.
Collation:
253 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781409167310 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914GF
LC class:
PR6058
Moys class:
F
Local class:
FTFICFAF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1953758