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An Angel For May

by Melvin Burgess · 1992

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Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to the Second World War. Alone and afraid, he makes friends with May, who has been rescued from a bombed-out house. She tries to persuade him to stay at the farm, but Tam is afraid of being trapped in the past forever.

Genre
time traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 224 pages

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