The Skylarks' War

Author(s): Hilary McKay

Childrens Intermediate

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free with their charismatic cousin, Rupert. But normal life resumes each September - boarding school for Peter and Rupert, and a boring life for Clarry at home with her absent father, as the shadow of a terrible war looms ever closer. When Rupert goes off to fight at the front, Clarry feels their skylark summers are finally slipping away from them. Can their family survive this fearful war?
The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War 1, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.


Product Information

The Costa Children's Book Award winning evocative and heartbreaking novel of family and friendship in wartime.

Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018

Hilary McKay is an award-winning author, having won the Guardian Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Exiles, and going on to win the Smarties and the Whitbread (now the Costa) Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed classic-in-the-making. Her 2018 titleThe Skylarks' War marks the centenary of the end of the First World War.

General Fields

  • : 9781509894963
  • : PAN MACMILLAN UK
  • : PAN MACMILLAN UK
  • : 0.3
  • : October 2018
  • : 2.3 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 19.7 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hilary McKay
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 823.92