Billy thought wartime was fun: fiery skies, playing amongst the rubble. Then a bomb falls on the shelter where he and his mother are taking refuge. Waking in hospital horribly burned, he longs for death until a precious gift from a soldier similarly disfigured gives him hope and a reason to live.
- ISBN10 019275050X
- ISBN13 9780192750501
- Publish Date 1 March 2000 (first published 1 December 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 August 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 144
- Language English