Courageous : a novel of Dunkirk
Title
:
Courageous : a novel of Dunkirk
Personal Author EPSB
:
Yona Zeldis, McDonough
Summary
:
It is the end of May 1940, the British government has put out a call for fishing boats to help rescue the British soldiers trapped at Dunkerque and Aiden is the son of a fisherman with access to his father's dory--his parents forbid him to go, but Aiden has already lost one brother to the war, and his other brother is somewhere over there with the British Expeditionary Force; so despite his fear of the ocean, he and his best friend Sally set out to rescue George and his fellow soldiers.
Year Published
:
2018
Physical Description
:
pages cm
Corporate Subject
:
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force -- Fiction.
Subject
:
Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre
:
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
It is the end of May 1940, the British government has put out a call for fishing boats to help rescue the British soldiers trapped at Dunkerque and Aiden is the son of a fisherman with access to his father's dory--his parents forbid him to go, but Aiden has already lost one brother to the war, and his other brother is somewhere over there with the British Expeditionary Force; so despite his fear of the ocean, he and his best friend Sally set out to rescue George and his fellow soldiers.
ISBN
:
9781338226850
9781338331820
Publisher
:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
©2018
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Kildare | F MCD | Book | 30138000208613 | Historical Fiction |