Kid Soldier |
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| Author:
| Maruno, Jennifer |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4597-0679-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Fatherless fifteen-year-old Richard is befriended by a former military man in St. Catharines, Ontario. After attending army summer training camp in 1939, he joins the army at the start of the Second World War, lying about his age. He ships out to Britain for training. There he witnesses the Battle of Britain and is wounded during the Blitz.
Fatherless fifteen-year-old Richard is befriended by a former military man in St. Catharines, Ontario. After attending army summer training camp in 1939, he joins the army at the start of the Second World War, lying about his age. He ships out to Britain for training. There he witnesses the Battle of Britain and is wounded during the Blitz.