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The Skylarks' War Award-winning

by Hilary McKay (author)

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Suitable for 9 - 11 years

Format: Paperback
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Product description

Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2018.

The Skylarks’ War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free with their charismatic cousin, Rupert. But normal life resumes each September – boarding school for Peter and Rupert, and a boring life for Clarry at home with her absent father, as the shadow of a terrible war looms ever closer.

When Rupert goes off to fight at the front, Clarry feels their skylark summers are finally slipping away from them. Can their family survive this fearful war?

Product Details

Catalogue number

5169 in Books and Resources for Schools 2021

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781509894963

Publisher

Macmillan Children's Books

Date published

December 6th, 2018

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.1; Middle years; 9.0 points

Other details

320 pages

Condition

New

Available in these packs

12books
Essential Contemporary Year 6 Pack

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Offer price: €96.95

Rewards/RRP: €114.06
Recent Award Winners KS2 Pack

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Offer price: €90.49

Rewards/RRP: €106.46

Author/Illustrator

Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child “I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home.”

After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew’s University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.

One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them!

Hilary has written many books but is probably best known for the award-winning Casson family series.

Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.