November 1920. Ireland is in the middle of a war for independence. One Sunday, events come to a head and an exciting football match turns into a survival battle for eleven-year-old Liam Donnelly. Soldiers shooting, machine guns firing, people screaming... How will Liam make it out of the stadium alive? And even if he does, is there anywhere safe left to go?
ISBN: | 9781407178738 |
Publication date: | 3rd August 2017 |
Author: | Jim Eldridge |
Publisher: | Scholastic |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 111 pages |
Genres: |
History Football Thrillers Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories True Stories Warfare & Battles Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |