While the Storm Rages: The eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls

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I laughed, I cried, I thoroughly enjoyed this heart-warming story of a boy's unflinching courage to keep safe the things that are close to his heart. While the Storm Rages is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Children’s Fiction, w inner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Not exactly a sequel, it is also set in the Second World War and like his earlier novel, has at its heart the relationship of children and animals. And he can't take Winn with him - refusing to accept this, along with the horrific ideas of what to do about Winn during this difficult time, he makes the decision to head to a place up north which can ensure the safety of his father's precious pet.

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Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast, but Beau is left behind in the city, where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes. With a light-hearted humorous but still heartfelt touch, Phil Earle swept me away on incredible adventure of one boy's fierce determination to protect the things that matter most to him. A fabulous story that shows great courage and love that the children had for the pets and the lengths they would go to to protect them at all costs. Pride that they had done the right thing in saving these wonderful animals, and resolve that now they had come so far, they would never give up. One of the harshest aspects of the book for a modern reader is reading how children of the time were treated; how well do you think today's child would cope in 1940s Britain?An all consuming tale of friendship – in all the forms it can take – and the strength and courage needed to keep your promise, no mater what it takes. Noah and his friend Clem try to save their dogs Winn and Frank but it soon turns into this adventure through London to help animals and pets who are going to be separated from their evacuated owners. The children have to find the strength to survive alone; where they might vehemently butt heads in the past, they now have to work together to find food, water and shelter - to save each others lives over and over again.

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Set in London at the dawn of the Second World War, Noah’s life becomes a combination of waiting and what ifs as his father enlists.

Noah isn't stopping at just saving his own dog though, he plans to save as many animals as he possibly can along the way. He has worked as a carer, a drama therapist, a bookseller and a publisher, and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. The story also provides an adventurous plot that gallops along as the children encounter challenge after challenge.