Something's up. Something big too, very big. At school, in the village, whoever you meet, it's all anyone talks about. It's like a sudden curse has come down on us all. It makes me wonder if we'll ever see the sun again."It's 1943, and Lily Tregenze lives on a farm, in the idyllic seaside village of
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
β Scribed by Morpurgo, Michael
- Book ID
- 107750849
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 6 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780545746052
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β¦ Synopsis
A stunning novel about friendship, war, and one girl's bravery which changes her life forever.
It's 1943, and twelve-year-old Lily Tregenza lives on a farm in an idyllic seaside village in England. Apart from her father being away and the "townie" evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war . . . until Lily and her family, along with 3,000 other villagers, are ordered to evacuate their homes to allow the Allied forces to practice their landings for D-day. It's a dangerous operationβguns firing and bombs explodingβand the whole area is off-limits. But Adolphus Tips, Lily's adored cat, has other ideasβbarbed wire and "Keep out!" signs mean nothing to her. Tips (cont'd)
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