The Silver Donkey

A stunning fable-like classic children’s novel set in France in WWI from this multi-award-winning author. Marcelle and Coco find the temporarily blind English soldier sheltering in the woods above their house. He wants to reach the English Channel and then somehow, miraculously, get home again, away from the carnage of the First World War. The sisters feed him, listen to his stories and worry about how they can help him.

Sonya Hartnett has written an enchanting novel for anyone of any age, who loves the best in children’s literature. Line illustrations are by award-winning illustrator, Anne Spudvilas.