An Angel for May
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This month's cover features Jean Ure's new book Faces at the Window (see the Jean Ure Authorgraph) with a photograph by Oliver Hunter. The book is published by Corgi Freeway and we are grateful to Transworld Publishers for their help in using this illustration.
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An Angel for May
This is a gem of a book, which moved me long after I'd put it down. Tam, unhappy at home, frequently visits the ruins of Thowt It Farm. One day he's led through time by an old woman and her dog, back into the Second World War. Tam befriends May, mentally scarred by the bombing raids, who begs him to stay. Tam loves his 'life' on Thowt It Farm, but is afraid of being trapped permanently in the past. In trying to escape this, he discovers the identity of the old woman and learns a good deal about how to treat his fellow men. This has real potential as a class reader for Year 8 pupils.
