Bedford Public Library

Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, Natasha Farrant

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Ages 9-12, Norton Young Readers

fiction

Voyage of the Sparrowhawk

Natasha Farrant

In the aftermath of World War I, two orphaned friends set off in a narrowboat from England as each hopes to find a missing part of themselves in FranceIn the aftermath of World War I, everyone in the small town of Barton is rebuilding their lives. Ben needs to find his brother, Sam?who was wounded in action and is now missing?if he wants to avoid being sent to the orphanage. Lotti?s horrible aunt and uncle want to send her away from her beloved home to boarding school, just when she has successfully managed to get expelled from her last one. When a chance encounter brings the two children together, each recognizes the other as a kindred spirit. But just as they?ve found their feet, disaster strikes, and Ben and Lotti must run away. They hatch a plan to cross the English Channel on Ben?s narrowboat, the Sparrowhawk, and track down Sam in France. But there?s something in France that Lotti is looking for, too. . . . --, Goodreads.com

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