Join children’s authors Anna Fargher and Lucy Strange as they share their wartime adventure stories with Julia Wheeler.
Anna’s eagerly anticipated sequel to the award-winning The Umbrella Mouse is based on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of World War II. Set in August 1944, young mouse Pip Hanway is in France, fighting with the French Resistance group Noah’s Ark - a secret gang of animals operating beneath the feet of the human soldiers.
Lucy is the bestselling author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood. Her new book Our Castle by the Sea has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020. It is an exciting wartime mystery entwined with magic and myth. Growing up in a lighthouse, Pet’s world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, enemy planes are ripping through the skies overhead and her family is torn apart. Suitable for ages 7+
