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In this title, five children grow up before the war, and meet again at the rescue of Dunkirk.
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About the Author
Margaret Mayhew was born in London and her earliest childhood memories were of the London Blitz. She began writing in her mid-thirties and had her first novel published in 1976. She is married to American aviation author, Philip Kaplan, and lives in Gloucestershire. Her novels, Bluebirds, The Crew, The Little Ship, Our Yanks, The Pathfinder and Those In Peril are all published by Corgi Books.
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The unrest in Europe leading up to World War II seemed far away to the teenagers spending an idyllic summer sailing on an estuary of the North Sea in England: the leader, handsome and physically agile 16-year-old Guy; his brother, Matt, afflicted with a deformed arm and Guy's willing sidekick; and their shy cousin, Lizzie. Their lives abruptly change once a young Jewish refugee arrives from Vienna. Anna Stein is reluctant to form an attachment to her temporary home, an attitude that adversely affects her new companions. When Otto, a German schoolmate of Guy's, comes to visit, tension between the teens becomes even more intense until they bond during a race in which their sturdy sailboat beats a sleek yacht. Then, years later, during the evacuation at Dunkirk, the boat and former crew all converge. Mayhew's gem of a book tells about childhood attachments and the upheaval of war. Patty Engelmann
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