Author:Jan Mark
When Andrew's family moves house, he strikes up an unexpected friendship with his neighbour Victor. There isn't a thing Victor doesn't know about the RAF planes flying overhead and the two boys are soon busy tracking their movements.
Then Andrew discovers that Victor's beloved Lightnings are due to be scrapped...
Thunder and Lightnings won the Carnegie Medal in 1976.
Another new series which promises to be a big hit with young readers . . . Abie Longstaff is a great writer for young children, who knows just how to capture her readers' attention and encourage them to enjoy reading
—— Parents in TouchEvery age has reinvented the Bard in its own image. Renaissance Man or post-modern angst... Shakespeare haunts our language
—— IndependentShakespeare was the most consummate genius of all time
—— Peter AckroydDante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them, there is no third
—— T.S. EliotEvery single character in Shakespeare is as much an Individual as those in Life itself
—— Alexander PopeShakespeare is the best thing that ever happened to this country
—— Roy HattersleyShakespeare modernised the form of the sonnet, and transformed it from a stylised, courtly love shtick to a fluent and flexible form that could turn itself to any subject
—— Don Paterson , GuardianWith his perfect pacing, lack of sentimentality and refusal to submit to a neat end, Boyne has written one of the children’s books of the year
—— The TimesA powerful new novel from the author of the highly acclaimed The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and it is equally atmospheric and disturbing . . . Mesmerizing
—— Parents in TouchAnother winner
—— Glasgow Sunday HeraldCompelling and thought-provoking
—— Teach Primary