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Five Children on the Western Front

Kate Saunders

10th Anniversary Edition

Barcode 9780571399789
Paperback

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Release Date: 23/10/2025

Edition: Main
Genre: Children's Books
Sub-Genre: Children's Fiction
Label: Faber & Faber
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber

10th Anniversary Edition
Special 10th Anniversary Edition of COSTA-WINNING sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It. With a brand new forward by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The five children have grown up - war will change their lives for ever.

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE

'Magnificent.' The Times
'Outstanding.' Independent
'Deeply moving.' Guardian
'Simply brilliant.' Daily Mail
'One of the best books of the year.' Sunday Express

Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories . until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose.

Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.

An epic, heart-wrenching follow-on from E. Nesbit's Five Children and It stories.