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The Escape
- Author
- Robert Muchamore
- Narrator
- Simon Scardifield
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2015
- Run Time
- 4 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan.
The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.
(P) Hodder Children's Books 2015
Critics Review
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Gripping and compelling, this leaves readers on the edge of their seats, waiting for the next exciting instalment
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Gripping adventure ... Muchamore, author of the equally excellent Cherub series, knows exactly how to write for teenagers and this is a fantastic
The Sun
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Muchamore emphases the power of his child protagonists to endure, to keep fighting whatever the insanely unfair world of adults throws at them
Waterstone's Books Quarterly
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A brilliant series
Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
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This book was unputdownable. It gripped me from start to finish
First News
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has the feel of something quite big and satisfying ... Muchamore's voice is fresh and direct
The Daily Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Robert Muchamore
- Narrator
- Simon Scardifield
- Duration
- 4 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2015
- ISBN
- 9781444928624
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Synopsis
Summer, 1940.Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan.The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.(P) Hodder Children's Books 2015
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