Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Little Exiles

Robert Dinsdale

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Jon Heather, proud to be nearly nine, keeps a vigil at the end of his lane. Determined not to be beaten by the cold he stands and waits for his Father. It is Christmas Eve, 1948. Christmas, a time of family and a time of miracles. Although he has never once seen his Father, Jon knows that he is coming home.
But Jon’s Father does not return, and one evening no longer able to cope, his mother leaves him by the door above which the legend reads, Chapeltown Boys Home of the Children’s Crusade. Several weeks later, still believing his mother will return for him, Jon finds himself on a boat set for Australia. Promised paradise and a new, better life, Jon soon realises the reality is very, very, different.
Epic in scope, LITTLE EXILES is the incredibly moving and heartbreaking story of one boy’s struggle to get home. Rooted in historical fact - based on the forced child migration between Britain and Australia that took place after WWII - this novel shines a light on the appalling human cost of the Children’s Crusade.

Language: English

Pages: 424

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Release: February 01, 2013

ISBN: 0732295688

ISBN 13: 9780732295684

Little Exiles

Robert Dinsdale

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Jon Heather, proud to be nearly nine, keeps a vigil at the end of his lane. Determined not to be beaten by the cold he stands and waits for his Father. It is Christmas Eve, 1948. Christmas, a time of family and a time of miracles. Although he has never once seen his Father, Jon knows that he is coming home.
But Jon’s Father does not return, and one evening no longer able to cope, his mother leaves him by the door above which the legend reads, Chapeltown Boys Home of the Children’s Crusade. Several weeks later, still believing his mother will return for him, Jon finds himself on a boat set for Australia. Promised paradise and a new, better life, Jon soon realises the reality is very, very, different.
Epic in scope, LITTLE EXILES is the incredibly moving and heartbreaking story of one boy’s struggle to get home. Rooted in historical fact - based on the forced child migration between Britain and Australia that took place after WWII - this novel shines a light on the appalling human cost of the Children’s Crusade.

Language: English

Pages: 424

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Release: February 01, 2013

ISBN: 0732295688

ISBN 13: 9780732295684

More books from Robert Dinsdale

The Toymakers

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Paris By Starlight

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Three Miles

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Once a Monster

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Gingerbread

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Romantische Aussichten: Große Gefühle bei Knaur: Ausgewählte Leseproben von Lauren Blakely, Isabel Morland, Silke Schütze, Robert Dinsdale u.v.m.

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Mala prodavnica čuda

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?