Description
Shrapnel Boys
Author: Jenny Pearson
Illustrator: Tom Clohosy Cole
Summary: London, 1939. For Ronnie Smith, wartime means frightening nights under falling bombs and mornings searching for shrapnel with his friends. But danger is also getting closer to home: his younger brother has taken a mysterious job and fallen in with people Ronnie does not trust. Determined to protect him, Ronnie finds himself uncovering secrets with consequences far beyond his own family. Jenny Pearson’s historical adventure explores courage, friendship and the challenges of growing up during the Second World War.