At the Firefly Gate

by Linda Newbery

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Henry never quite fits in. He feels like an outsider - and about to become even more so when his family move to the country and the prospect of a new secondary school looms. He retreats more and more into his shell, until he meets Dottie a frail old lady, but one with tremendous spirit. He feels as though he knows her, as though they have been friends for many years. And as she tells him about her wartime romance with an RAF navigator also called Henry, so our Henry is drawn into that world. In a series of mysterious, sometimes frightening events he re-enacts Henry's life...and learns that despite being dreadfully afraid, Henry acted heroically at the cost of his own life. Only our Henry knows the true story and it shows him a way through his own self doubts and misgivings.
  • ISBN10 0375892222
  • ISBN13 9780375892226
  • Publish Date 9 December 2008 (first published 30 September 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yearling Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 70
  • Language English