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Summary
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S FICTION PRIZE
‘Magnificent.’ The Times
‘Outstanding.’ Independent
‘Deeply moving.’ Guardian
‘Simply brilliant.’ Daily Mail
‘One of the best books of the year.’ Sunday Express
Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories … until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose.
Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint – factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war’s impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.
An epic, heart-wrenching follow-on from E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It stories.
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Kate Saunders began her career as a professional actor but moved into journalism following the publication of her first novel, The Prodigal Father, in 1986, for which she won the Betty Trask Award. Since then, Kate has written many books for adults and children. Saunders won the annual Costa Children’s Book Award for Five Children on the Western Front, a…
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