When the sky falls, or, A is for Adonis
Earle, Phil2021
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It's 1941, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph's amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis's cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?
Main title:
When the sky falls, or, A is for Adonis / Phil Earle.
Author:
Earle, Phil, author
Imprint:
London : Andersen Press, 2021.
Collation:
309 pages ; 20 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.pyu; syl.RA 9+
Awards:
Shortlisted for the Grampian Children's Book Award 2022
ISBN:
9781783449651 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92JReading RingsFJFJC560263.4)
Local class:
JFFICXFFIC.JYAFTFF/ Animals (War)Junior Fiction (OVF)JF EAR 8JF/EARHISTORICALEARJCJCY
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
HistorySecond World WarZoosAnimalsGorillas
BRN:
2834219
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