Until the Road Ends

Born and raised in the north of England Phil Earle is the author of numerous acclaimed award-winning books for children and teenagers. He has worked as a carer a dramatherapist a bookseller and a publisher and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. His novel When The Sky Falls won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award and the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction. He lives on the side of a very steep hill with his wife their five children and two dogs. Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast but Beau is left behind in the city where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes.Night after night as bombs rain down and communities are destroyed Beau searches the streets saving countless families. But then disaster strikes changing Peggy’s life forever. With her parents killed both she and Beau are left alone hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them at long last . . . Phil Earle is a magnificent writer. This is a thrilling adventure laced with humour suspense and love. Just brilliant Earle's story has Spitfire action a crocodile and incidents of self-sacrifice and as always he can counted on to be emotionally involving Dad's Army meets Animals of Farthing Wood. Warm weepy wonderful. Victory medals all round Based on several true events this thrilling adventure is exciting witty warm and occasionally heartbreaking A heartbreaking story of love and devotion in the midst of war Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast but Beau is left behind in the city where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes.Night after night as bombs rain down and communities are destroyed Beau searches the streets saving countless families. But then disaster strikes changing Peggy’s life forever. With her parents killed both she and Beau are left alone hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them at long last . . .