At the Firefly Gate - Tapa blanda

Henry is not happy when his parents move from London to the village of Crickford St. Thomas. But he soon forms a friendship with an elderly neighbour, Dottie, and she starts to tell him stories about the Second World War and about another Henry who was a navigator in the RAF.

Then Henry sees a man standing at the garden gate, smoking a cigarette and surrounded by a cloud of fireflies. He appears to look straight at Henry - could he be the navigator? And what is the significance of the ghost's appearance?

He knows I'm here, Henry thought. That's why he's standing there. Waiting.

When Henry and his parents move to the countryside, Henry worries that he won't make friends - until he meets elderly Dottie. She tells him war stories from her younger days and Henry is fascinated. But mysteries from the past are spilling into the present . . .

Who is the shadowy figure waiting at the orchard gate? Why do so many planes fly over by night? And why is Henry the only person who hears them?

'A haunting, well-written tale that makes compelling reading'
The Bookseller

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ISBN 978 1 84255 143 1

£6.99