Product Description

George is fascinated by World War Two - bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless children, struggling to survive. And then they suspect someone they know of being a German spy...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26575 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

From the Publisher
A gripping drama involving a timeslip to the time of London in the Blitz.

From the Back Cover
Imagine being alive before your parents were even born!

George is fascinated by World War Two - bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs.
Even evacuation and rationing has got to be more exciting than living in dreary old Witchfield! He is looking forward to his school trip to Eden Camp, a World War Two museum. But he doesn't realize quite how authentic this visit to wartime Britain will be. . .

A hand reaching out of the fake rubble, a slip in time, and George has to survive something much worse than boredom. The rubble is now real - he has slipped through time into 1940s London!

'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph'

Cover: Tracey & Jerry Paris

About the Author
ROBERT SWINDELLS left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles for the Random House children's list. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for STONE COLD (Hamish Hamilton), a teenage novel about a serial killer. 'Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page' YOUNG TELEGRAPH

Customer Reviews

A blitzing good read.
What if you were transported back in time? Back to 1940s London, during the blitz?
Well that's exactly what happens to unsuspecting George Wetherall when a school trip to Eden Camp (a Second World War museum) slips him sixty two years in to the past!
However the reality of war-time London is nothing like George imagined. It's frightening, harsh and bloody, and not at all glamorous.
Swindells has produced a first class time-travel story, here, which grips from the beginning and doesn't let go until the very last page. It's hugely entertaining, both full of adventure and some quite poignant moments. And like all good books, there's a neat little twist to the tale.
I've always loved Swindells books and would rank Blitzed among one of his best works.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
World War II and the atrocities of the London bombings seem a lifetime away for most young people. In BLITZED, George is a young man who has the opportunity to truly understand the fear and chaos that war can bring.

While on a school trip to a WWII museum, George is transported back in time to learn more about the world that he is so fascinated with in the year 2002.

At first, George is excited and anxious to learn more about his city's history, but then he begins to see the realities of war. During his trip he meets other young people who touch his heart and teach him to appreciate the gifts that today's world has given him.

Food rations, danger, and fear were commonplace during World War II, and that is brought to light in this "ghosts of time past" tale. The characters are believable and it brings to the surface a wartime London that can be forgotten in the midst of other atrocities of the era.

Overall, it is a great story that truly makes the reader think about the difficult times that WWII brought, not only to Nazi Germany, but also to the world as a whole.

Reviewed by: LaLeesha Haynes

Mind Your Language!
This is an evocative account of life in the Blitz seen through the eyes of a boy transported through time and would appeal to children learning about World War 2.The story is gripping and keeps you wanting more. Just a word of warning before recommending it to younger readers or reading it aloud to a class - there are numerous examples of bad language (nothing too shocking but I certainly felt I needed to edit it a bit before reading it to my Year 5 class).