Description
Product ID: | 9781781128657 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Owen and the Soldier |
Authors: | Author: Lisa Thompson, Mike Lowery |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), School stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar.Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2020 A crumbling stone soldier sits on a bench in the park. Only Owen understands how important he is.At home, Owen and his mum are struggling and there''s nobody he can talk to. Hidden away in the park, Owen feels free to be himself. When the war-weary soldier is listening, his worries slip away.But nobody else cares about the soldier, and the town council want to tear him down. Owen''s the only one who can save him but can he find the courage to speak up before it''s too late?A touching story of loss and remembrance from Lisa Thompson, the award-winning author of The Goldfish Boy. |
Imprint Name: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-06-03 |