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The Kid on Slapton Beach

The Kid on Slapton Beach

The Kid on Slapton Beach

Felicity Fair Thompson

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Wight Diamond Press
Año de edición:
2013
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Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9780953512324
Páginas:
304
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War 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?

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