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Bill is a fifteen-year-old runaway evacuee, and he's finding that surviving on the streets of London is pretty easy, thank you very much. He's fed by a local cafe owner, he earns some cash as a barrow-boy in Covent Garden, and sleeping in the Underground air-raid shelters is cosy - if a bit smelly. Things get more complicated for Bill with the arrival of Julie. She's a runaway too, and although she's a bit posh, she's just as determined as Bill to stay free of interfering parents and 'the social'. But although it's fun for a while to duck Jerry missiles and camp out in bombed-out houses, the reality of living through the Blitz quickly begins to set in. Winter is coming, and Bill and Julie will discover that playing at being grown-ups can be a very dangerous game...First published in 1969, and winner of the 1970's Book World Festival Award, Fireweed evokes a time of tin Spitfires, powdered eggs, warm woollen mittens and reading by firelight. Perfect for readers young and old, this book is a beautifully written classic, full of adventure, heroism and British wartime courage.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Fireweed
• Author: Jill Paton Walsh
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9781471401749
• ISBN: 147140174X
• ID: 01347374
• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Weight: 166 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 196 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 2013

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