Barrington Stoke Fiction: D-Day Dog by Tom Palmer (author) and Tom Clohosy Cole (illustrator) (UK edition)

Jack can’t wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It’s his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired – brave men like his dad, who is a reserve soldier. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question. Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper. On 6 June 1944, Emile Corteil parachuted into France with his dog, Glen – and Jack is determined to discover their fate …

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781128688

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

May 2nd, 2019

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.2; Middle years; 3.0 points

Other details

208 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Tom Palmer

As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years.

He also teaches annually for the Arvon Foundation, and has travelled around the world to train librarians and teachers in techniques to encourage boys to read. Tom is the author of the Foul Play football books.