Description: Further DetailsTitle: Duty Calls: DunkirkCondition: NewEAN: 9780141332192ISBN: 9780141332192Publisher: PuffinFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/02/2011Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 245gAuthor: James HollandLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0141332190Description: Duty Calls: Dunkirk by James Holland is a gripping true-to-life story about one of the most dramatic events of World War II.'YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME ACTION - WELL YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW ALL RIGHT.'Friday 24th May, 1940Private Johnny Hawke, aged sixteen, awakens to artillery fire.Hours later, Stukas scream down from the sky. Messerschmit fighters roar towards his regiment. Trucks burst into flames.Now men and mules lay dead and dying, severed limbs twisted grotesquely as blood soaks the cobbled streets.Young Private Hawke just wants to do his duty and serve his country. But as he - and his fellow soldiers - prepare to stop the German advance, there's only one question on everyone's lips.HOW WILL THEY SURVIVE?'Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff' - Daily Telegraph James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. He is the bestselling author of numerous historical non-fiction titles and the Jack Tanner fiction series, and recently presented Battle of Britain: The Real Story on BBC2. A member of the British Commission for Military History, his many interviews with veterans of the Second World War are available at the Imperial War Museum and are also archived at www.secondworldwarforum.com. Duty Calls: Dunkirk is his first novel for younger readers.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Children's BooksBook Series: Duty CallsIntended Audience: Ages 9-12Topic: Children's ReferenceRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Duty Calls: Dunkirk
Title: Duty Calls: Dunkirk
EAN: 9780141332192
ISBN: 9780141332192
Release Date: 06/02/2011
Release Year: 2011
ISBN-10: 0141332190
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Duty Calls
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12
Book Title: Duty Calls: Dunkirk
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: General, Historical / Military & Wars
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Item Weight: 8.9 Oz
Author: James Holland
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Duty Calls Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
