Friend or Foe

Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new-found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves David’s life …

In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie’s War, and?The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Friend or Foe?by Michael Morpurgo is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history.