Churchill’s S.O.C.K.s

The war opened the world up to us. Not one of us was ever the same after that first summer.

Ivy Briscoe is on the brink of turning 13, and Great Britain is on the brink of war. When her older brother Ernie joins up to fight, Ivy makes it her mission to find a place in the war effort and make her family proud. But she soon discovers opportunities of sacrifice and glory are scarce for a thirteen-year-old village girl

Ivy’s chance arises unexpectedly when Winston Churchill calls ordinary families to form a secret Resistance, ready to fight should the Nazis invade. Ivy, her younger siblings (the ‘Imps’) and Teddy, the savvy evacuee next door, take up the call, and Churchill’s S.O.C.K.s is born.

But the Cadets meet with more action than they bargained for: a bunker full of TNT, a Nazi plane crash and rumours of a spy in Ferny Hill. When war becomes real and their quiet world is turned upside down, will the Cadets have the bravery to face their enemies? What if the enemy is closer than they think?

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Mez Blume made me chuckle aloud and shed real tears – all while bringing the human reality of WWII home to me in a new, compelling way. This is a book to which all ages will delight to return again and again!

– R.A. Nelson, Author of The Ancient

Weaves good characters, humour, adventure and a sense of family and friendship into one book.            

– Roisin Heycock, Founder of Quercus Children’s Books

Fantastic … Enid Blyton and J.K. Rowling will have to look out.                                                     – William Ashby, Information Officer – British Resistance Archive 

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