Five Boys

When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the "stay behinds" the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys.

As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King.

Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, Five Boys is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 07/01/2003
ISBN: 9780060013950
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.89h x 5.13w x 0.78d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 73463 / Five Boys
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13