A Time of Fire

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Book:	A Time of Fire
Author:	Robert Westall
Honors:	1994 Carnegie shortlist Score: 6.44
Genres:	Children's books
Publisher:	Macmillan Children's Books

Ten-year-old Sonny loses his mother in a German bombing raid and his father joins the RAF to avenge her death. He too is killed, leaving Sonny to be cared for by his grandparents. Sonny faces his own confrontation with the enemy and with his mother's ghost, finding eventual reconciliation.