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Arctic star / Tom Palmer ; [illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole].

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date	Res.
JF PALM	Dyslexic Font Dyslexic font book		Childrens	. Automatically Renewed .	18 Jun 2024	Select this item

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781781129715 (paperback)
Classification	JF PALM
Personal Name	Palmer, Tom, 1967-
Title	Arctic star / Tom Palmer ; [illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole].
Edition	Dyslexic books edition.
Production & Copyright Details	Edinburgh : Barrington Stoke, 2021.
Production & Copyright Details	©2021
Physical Description	196 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Content type	text
	still image
	cartographic image
Series	Conkers
Note	"Braving the worst journey in the world"--Cover.
Note	"First published in 2021 in Great Britain by Barrington Stroke Ltd"--Title page verso.
Summary Note	Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Winter 1942. Teenagers Francis, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold, gales and pack ice, will all three boys make it home again?
Target audience note	8 - 11 years old.
Subject - Topical Term	World War, 1939-1945 -- Arctic Ocean -- Naval operations -- Juvenile fiction
Subject - Topical Term	Children's stories
Added Entry - Personal Name	Cole, Tom Clohosy illustrator.