Ronnie Warren lives with his mum while his dad is away fighting. For him, World War II brings a whirlwind of events & emotions that carry him through the terror of the London Blitz to evacuation & romance in Lancashire, & from adolescent confusion to the bittersweet flavour of Victory in Europe Day, 1945. From schoolboy hero to teenage survivor, this is Ronnie&8217;s story. &8220; Bernard Ashley&8217;s great gift is to turn what seems to be low-key realism into something much stronger & more resonant. It has something to do with empathy, compassion, an undimmed thirst for decency & justice.” Phillip Pullman