Sam's Spitfire Summer - Softcover

This book is one of many that fall part of a series. Designed to assist reluctant readers and dyslexia sufferers, this book follows the British Dyslexia Association guidelines (printed on cream paper, double line spacing, large font, left justified and plenty of pictograms). Sam's Spitfire Summer captures all the loneliness of the billeting hall and the excitement of finding a crashed Messerschmitt in this thrilling World War Two adventure, with facts included. When Sam is evacuated, he might as well be going to the moon. Ten-year-old Sam watches the familiar sights of London disappear in a cloud of steam as he sets off on a journey to the unfamiliar world of country cottages, farmyard animals and a hostile welcome at the village school. Packed with fantastic fact pages about life on the home front, and with amazing illustrations by Charlie Clough, here is a book which vividly portrays a child's-eye-view of life at the outset of the Second World War. Suitable for reading age 8 and interest age 8 - 12

Ian MacDonald is a writer and teacher living in Kent. He regularly visits schools to talk to children and teachers about his writing. He has told tales in a range of venues from the assembly hall to the Millennium Dome.