"A ripping wartime adventure and a love letter to Lakeland’s farms and fells" -- Melissa Harrison

"With a brilliant cast of characters, dialogue to die for and a tone reminiscent of Robert Westall at his finest, I was hooked from the very first page" -- Phil Earle

"Beautifully written... A moving story about identity and finding your family for fans of "Carrie's War" and "Goodnight Mister Tom"" - The Bookseller

"an exciting and lively story... It is great fun" - Books for Keeps

"Beautifully depicted... worth recommending, or reading aloud to, your children for the richness of detail about its Lake District setting and the way it captures the private world that children can inhabit even during times of the greatest adversity" - The Tablet, Novel of the Week

Author of eight novels, including The Season Ticket, Give Us This Day and Mr McCool, Jonathan’s work has been filmed, staged and Radio 4 serialised. He has won the Betty Trask Prize and the JB Priestley Award. He writes The Times' Nature Notebook, and a nature column in The Tablet.