The Kid on Slapton Beach by Felicity Fair Thompson

The Kid on Slapton Beach by Felicity Fair ThompsonWar is hard enough when your dad is missing in action, and even harder when you have to leave everything you know and love. Twelve year old Harry is one of three thousand people leaving the coast in Devon during the Second World War as US troops move into the area, planning secret D Day rehearsals on the beach there in April 1944. But what if your most treasured possession is left behind?, Binding: Paperback, Pagination: 318 pages, black & white

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