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    My Friend the Enemy
    My Friend the Enemy
    My Friend the Enemy
    Audiobook6 hours

    My Friend the Enemy

    Written by Dan Smith

    Narrated by Leon Williams

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Summer, 1941. When a German plane is shot down over the woods, Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep. But what he finds instead is someone: a young and injured German airman. The enemy. Here. And in trouble. Suddenly, helping him seems like the right thing to do.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMay 7, 2015
    ISBN9781471291494
    My Friend the Enemy
    Author

    Dan Smith

    Dan Smith is the award-winning and bestselling author of books for both children and adults. His children’s titles, which include My Friend the Enemy and Boy X, have won him numerous accolades including the Coventry Inspiration Book Award, the Essex Book Award, and nominations for the Branford Boase Award and the Young Quills Award. Dan lives in Newcastle with his family.

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      Boy and girl hide and befriend a downed German flyer in the English countryside during the Battle of Britain. Impressively well-crafted historical novel.