Conrad's War
by Andrew Davies
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Currently fascinated with wars, army, killing, and guns, Conrad becomes convinced that through dreams or time warp he is experiencing action in a past war.Tags
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Award winning children's book from 1978 by Andrew Davies, today known for his successful screen adaptations - Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, Middlemarch.
Conrad Pike is a young boy so obsessed with 'Wars, Army, Killing , Guns', that, because of a 'time leak', he finds himself back in World War II piloting a Lancaster bomber, held prisoner at Colditz and fighting with the French Resistance. Davies has written an enjoyable mix of adventure, comedy and the realities of war.
Conrad Pike is a young boy so obsessed with 'Wars, Army, Killing , Guns', that, because of a 'time leak', he finds himself back in World War II piloting a Lancaster bomber, held prisoner at Colditz and fighting with the French Resistance. Davies has written an enjoyable mix of adventure, comedy and the realities of war.
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- Canonical title
- Conrad's War
- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Conrad Pike; Florence Pike; Towzer
- Dedication
- To Bill Davies who supplied a lot of ideas for this book
- First words
- Conrad got up in the dim light of dawn.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Yes', he said. 'Very interesting, electricity. What I'm planning to do is build an electric chair.'
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .D2837 .C — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English, Finnish, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 3
