Five Children on the Western Front

<p><b>WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD<br> <br> The award-winning sequel to E. Nesbit's <i>Five Children and It</i>. The five children have grown up - war will change their lives for ever.<br> <br></b>'<b>Magnificent</b>.' The Times<br> '<b>Outstanding</b>.' Independent<br> '<b>Deeply moving</b>.' Guardian<br> '<b>Simply brilliant</b>.' Daily Mail<br> '<b>One of the best books of the year</b>.' Sunday Express<br> 'The <b>perfect gift</b> both for readers of the original E. Nesbit stories and children coming to the grumpy Psammead for the first time.' Telegraph<br> <br> <b>Cyril</b> is off to fight, <b>Anthea</b> is at art college, <b>Robert</b> is a Cambridge scholar and <b>Jane</b> is at high school. <b>The Lamb</b> is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, <b>Edith</b>, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories ... until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose.<br> <br> Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.</p>