TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Emma
TI  - Shoes for Anthony
SN  - 9781785030734
U1  - 823.92 23
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Wales
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Villages
KW  - Children of miners
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
N2  - The idea of the war coming to their small, impoverished Welsh mining village always seemed remote, but with the fireball of a downed German aircraft, and the place crawling with Americans preparing for the invasion of France, young Anthony and his Bevan Boy elder brothers find their world turned upside down. But as well as excitement, war brings distrust, envy, lies and danger, and as tension and anger mount, the villagers find themselves hopelessly divided. Confused and afraid, it falls to Anthony, an 11 year-old who has not had a pair of shoes in years, to search out the truth. A wonderful World War 2 page-turner with beautifully drawn characters and dialogue that will have you beaming from ear to ear one moment, and wiping your eyes the next
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