A spectacularly illustrated story about war and friendship.
Tortot is a cold-hearted field cook who goes off to war. Soldiers drop like flies around him but Tortot just doesn't care. Until, that is, he finds a deserter in his kitchen: a boy who has lost his brothers and his legs in battle. Tortot feels no real sympathy for him, but decides to shelter him for one night. It's a decision that will change him for ever...
ISBN: | 9781782691549 |
Publication date: | 2nd November 2017 |
Author: | Benny Lindelauf |
Illustrator: | Ludwig Volbeda |
Publisher: | Pushkin Children's Books an imprint of Steerforth Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 234 pages |
Genres: |
Historical Fiction Warfare & Battles Adventure Stories Fantasy / Magical |