Five Children on the Western Front

<p><b>WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE<br></b><br>'<b>Magnificent</b>.' The Times<br>'<b>Outstanding</b>.' Independent<br>'<b>Deeply moving</b>.' Guardian<br>'<b>Simply brilliant</b>.' Daily Mail<br>'<b>One of the best books of the year</b>.' Sunday Express<br><br>Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ... until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose.<br><br>Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.<br><br>An epic, heart-wrenching follow-on from E. Nesbit's Five Children and It stories.</p>