Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Advanced
Title details for Shrapnel by Robert Swindells - Available

Shrapnel

by Robert Swindells
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
Expand title description text
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781407047935
  • Release date: January 1, 2009

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781407047935
  • File size: 261 KB
  • Release date: January 1, 2009
Loading
Loading

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Thriller Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.4
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3

It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
Expand title description text
Thriller Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction