Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story (Voices #1)

by Rai, Bali | c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)
Published 03/01/2019 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of the Voices series
Paperback | 208 pages
197 x 128 x 15mm | 146g

A gripping adventure in an exciting new series reflecting

the authentic, unsung stories of our past!

“The superb Voices series takes unsung heroes

of the past and imagines them recounting the story of their remarkable

lives' ” - The Times

Now or Never brings a young soldier, Private Fazal

Khan, from his home in India to the battlefields of the Second World

War.

Fazal's world is now focused on Company 32 and the animals he

cares for in the midst of one of the most frightening times in history.

And as he and his friends make their way to the beaches of

Dunkirk, Fazal must deal with even more than the terrors of a dangerous

trek to reach the evacuation zone.

The Company's captain defends his troops in the face of a terrible

betrayal at the point of rescue: not everyone has welcomed the

help brought by the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Now Fazal

is forced to question why he is even there and why he is expected

to be loyal to a king whose people don't all see him as their equal.

VOICES: A thrilling new series showcasing some of the UK's

finest writers for young people. VOICES reflects the authentic,

unsung stories of our past. Each shows that, even in times of great

upheaval, a myriad of people have arrived on this island and made

a home for themselves - from Roman times to the present day.