While the Storm Rages: The eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls

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With all the plight he endured, he never lost spirit, he wanted to help all the animals that came aboard. Firstly, I'd like to start off by saying an enormous 'thank you' to both the author, Phil Earle, and the wonderful publishing team at Andersen Press for gifting me with an advanced reading copy, in exchange for an honest review.

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Plucky Noah refuses to heed the word of the government, sets out on an adventure with his best friend Clem as they endeavour to change the fate of the nation's pets. There is a lot of events and happenings on their journey alongside plenty of knowledge from the brain of Clem who seems to think she is Noah’s walking encyclopaedia (which she is).I cried (a lot, that might be my meds or it might have been the book) I laughed and I followed Noah, Clem and Big Col with bated breath.

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If only he can get the pets to a wealthy animal-loving duchess in the countryside, he knows they’ll be safe.What follows is an emotional journey along the Thames on a barely seaworthy boat, accompanied by Noah’s best friend, a school bully, and an assortment of pets. There were some parts that I enjoyed, and yet, overall I felt that while I do see the appeal for other people.

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I’m looking forward to seeing it enjoyed by children and adults when it is published in June 2022 and will be very interested to see how teachers make use of this valuable story in the classroom. The daring and heroism of the three children is felt by the reader even if they don’t feel that way about themselves. A boy goes on the run , with friends and assorted animals, to escape the threats imposed to all as war is declared.Instead, Noah and his friends and their pets – including a pretty terrifying Python – take off on a leaky old boat travelling up the Thames to find the animals a place of safety. The novel is partly based on true events: until I read this book, I had never heard of the cull of British pets at the start of the Second World War.