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Arctic Star

Tom Palmer Clohosy Cole

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English
Barrington Stoke Ltd
19 July 2021
Series: Conkers
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold and storms, will all three boys make it home again?

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Illustrated by:   Clohosy Cole
Imprint:   Barrington Stoke Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9781781129715
ISBN 10:   1781129711
Series:   Conkers
Pages:   208
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Recommended Age:   From 9 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Young adult ,  English as a second language ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product

Tom Palmer was a reluctant reader as a child and credits articlesabout football with getting him into reading. He went on to become abookseller and then worked in reader development. He is well knownfor his hugely successful football fiction for Puffin, and is one ofBarrington Stoke's top?selling authors, writing about both sport andhistory with great appeal. He travels all over the UK visiting schoolsand working with charities, and is well loved across the book trade.

Reviews for Arctic Star

Historical fiction doesn't get much better than this -- LoveReading4Kids Had me on the edge of my seat -- Dan Smith An excellent and moving tale ... Palmer has written a real page-turner here -- Aspects of History I'm awestruck by his ability to make history come alive and resonate emotionally in beautifully compact prose ... written dramatically and sensitively; Palmer's writing is sharp like a chisel, finding the heart under the harsh cold of war -- Chris Soul Artful descriptions ensure that we wholly experience each sensation - from grief to brutal cold - with the characters, and (as always with Tom Palmer) we finish knowing, and caring, much more than when we started -- Roaring Reads, Blog


  • Nominated for Carnegie Medal 2022 (UK)

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