Esther and George have never met, but their lives have been touched by the same war. Will they be forced to give up their beloved sports, or will sport be the very thing that gets them through? A moving WWll tale from the creator of Horrible Histories.

Esther and George have never met, but their lives have been touched by the same war. Will they be forced to give up their beloved sports, or will sport be the very thing that gets them through? A moving WWll tale from the creator of Horrible Histories.

George is an evacuee from the Blitz. He has no friends and no family to turn to. At least he has cricket.

Esther is a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany. All her freedoms have been taken away. She cannot even play football.

Can a love of sport give two young people a way to survive?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.