Five August Days

by Hester Burton, Trevor Ridley (Illustrator)

Shortly after a young English boy meets a fierce young stranger who is hiding from the police, a robbery occurs in the next village, the Thurby road catches fire, and there is a blaze on Danestone Street

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Hester Wood-Hill was born on the 6th December, 1913 at Beccles in Suffolk.. She attended Headington School Oxford between 1925 and 1931 and then Oxford University between 1932 and 1936 when she received a honours degree in English. In 1937 she married Reginad W.B. Burton and had three daughters. For a while she was a part-time grammar school teacher and the Assistant Editor of the Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia.

Between 1960 and 1981 she produced eighteen books for children, most of them for the Oxford University Press and many of them illustrated by the incomparable Victor Ambrus. In 1963 she was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Children’s Literature for her story “Time of Trial”. Hester Burton died in 2000.

Reviews

[Sidsel · Rating 4 out of 5]

La redaccion es muy bonita, es la aventura de un chico comun y corriente que de la noche a la mañana vive la aventura de su vida gracias a un criminal

[Paloma Ribaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

El tema y los personajes me han gustado, pero me ha parecido muy aburrido.

[Marypi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recuerdo perfectamente que me esperé a que fuera agosto para poder leer este libro y sentir verdaderamente que estaba en la trama. Más allá de eso, no tuvo mucho que ver conmigo, peor aún así me gustó.