{"product_id":"blitz-kids-isbn-9781780335520","title":"Blitz Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the dangers of London streets during the Blitz to working on the high seas in the Merchant Navy during the Atlantic Convoy, children were on the frontline of battle during the Second World War. In Sean Longden's gripping retelling of the conflict, he explores how the war impacted upon a whole generation who lost their innocence at home and abroad, on the battlefield and the home front. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough extensive interviews and research, Longden uncovers previously untold stories of heroism and courage: the eleven year old boy who was sunk on the SS \u003ci\u003eBenares\u003c\/i\u003e and left in frozen water for two days; the teenage Girl Guide awarded the George Medal for bravery; the merchant seaman sunk three times by the age of seventeen; the fourteen year old who signed up for the army three times before finally seeing action in the Normandy campaign; the fourteen year old 'Boy Buglers' of the Royal Marines on active service onboard battleships; as well as the harrowing experiences of the boy who was survived the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster; the horrors of being a child captive in the German PoW camps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlitz Kids\u003c\/i\u003e will change forever the way one sees the relationship between the Second World War and the generation - our grandparents and great grandparents- who bravely faced the challenge of Nazism. Allowing them to tell their stories in their own words, Sean Longden brings both the horrors and the humour of young lives lived in troubled times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes stories of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seventeen year old boy who signed up 4 times before he made it onto the beaches at Normandy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Girl Guide who saved a family during the blitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe teenage merchant seaman who was sunk three times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat it was like to be a teenage POW after the disasters of Dunkirk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896575160549,"sku":"NP9781780335520","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_e455851a-982e-42ee-85eb-ce9fbdc463fc.jpg?v=1773100879","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blitz-kids-isbn-9781780335520","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}