Rose in the Blitz (Rose #2)

It's the night before Rose's mum re-marries. Rose can't sleep for worrying and nor can her muddled Great-Aunt Cosy, her namesake. Rose sees the old lady leaving the house and runs after her to the London underground. Their empty train stops in 1940, in a war-torn London broken by the Blitz. Here, Rose witnesses great romance and impending sacrifice. Tragedy will surely follow - unless she can change what happens next ... A captivating World War II story with a high-stakes ending that explores the moral dilemma of helping the enemy. 'This is an intense, thought-provoking, and deeply satisfying read.' TEACH SECONDARY 'This book grabbed me from page one' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy, marching across places he's never seen. Until the night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after, before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman. The enemy. Here. And in trouble. Suddenly, helping him seems like the right thing to do ... An exciting and thought-provoking World War II adventure for ages 9 and up Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo, Michelle Magorian and Phil Earle From the acclaimed author of Nisha's War and My Brother's Secret Merry Owen ønsker desperat at familien skal bli værende på gården i Wales, selv om de sliter med å få endene til å møtes. De bor i skyggen av Black Castle, som eies av slekten de Courcys som har vært fiender av Merrys familie i generasjoner. Bueskyting er Owens familietradisjon, og Merry mestrer pil og bue spesielt godt. Hun trives best når hun er ute og rir. Da hun finner et veltet tre og en nedgravd kiste med en gammel walisisk tekst, fører det henne inn i en fortid fylt med skatter, hemmeligheter og store farer "Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy, marching across places he's never seen. Unil the night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after, before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is some- one: a young and injured German airman. The enemy. Here. And in trouble. Suddenly, helping him seems like the right thing to do Merry Owen is desperate for her family to stay on their struggling farm in Wales, in the shadow of the Black Castle, owned by the de Courcys who have been enemies of Merry's family for generations. Skilled in the family tradition of archery, Merry is happiest out riding - but when she finds an overturned tree and a buried chest containing an ancient Welsh text, it leads her into a past filled with treasure, secrets and untold danger . "Rose's granddad takes her on a trip to Ypres, Belgium to visit the graves of those who died in the Great War. It's the day before Valentine's, but Rose can sense the shattered old city beneath the chocolate-box new. And it seems that it can sense her too. When she goes up to her room that night, she hears the sound of marching feet and glimpses from her window a young soldier on his way to the front line"--Publisher's description Summer, 1941. For Peter in rural Britain, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy. Until the night a German plane is shot down over woods that his missing dad looked after before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to see if theres something he can keep, but what he finds instead is an injured young German airman. The enemy. Here. And helping him seems like the right thing to do... Rose's granddad takes her on a trip to Ypres, Belgium to visit the graves of those who died in the Great War. It's the day before Valentine's Day, but Rose can sense the shattered old city beneath the chocolate-box new. And it seems that it can sense her too. When she goes up to her room that night, she hears the sound of marching feet and glimpses from her window a young soldier on his way to the front line... Sixteen-year-old expert archer Merry Owen is desperate to save her family's farm in Wales, in the shadow of the Black Castle, and when she finds a buried chest containing an ancient and hopefully valuable Welsh text, she hopes it will be the key to a fortune--and so it is, but not in the way she expected, for it sends her and her friend James de Courcy into past. Bestefaren til Rose tar henne med til Ypres i Belgia for å besøke graven til de som mistet livet under første verdenskrig. Når hun går opp til rommet sitt den samme kvelden hører hun lyder av marsjerende føtter og fra vinduet kan hun skimte en ung soldat som er på vei til frontlinjen In 1941, having a German plane crash near your house is exciting, but when twelve-year-old Peter Dixon and his friend Kim find a wounded German airman, Peter is faced with a dilemma--should he help take care of the man as Kim wants to do, or report him to the soldiers searching for him? Rose follows her old and muddled Great-Aunt Cosy into the LondonUnderground and finds herself travelling back in time to war-tornLondon. Here, she witnesses the impact of the impending Blitz onCosy's life. Tragedy will follow - unless Rose can figure out howto protect the future ... "1941. It's wartime and when a German plane crashes in flames near Peter's home, he rushes over hoping to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is an injured young airman. He needs help, but can either of them trust the enemy?"--Page 4 of cover. While Out Riding, Schoolgirl Merry Owen Finds A Chest Containing An Ancient Welsh Text That Leads Her Into A Past Filled With Treasure, Secrets And Danger. But It's Her Skill With The Longbow, An Old Family Tradition, That Will Save Her Future.