Five Children on the Western Front

Kate Saunders

Jun 2015 · W F Howes · Narrated by Jilly Bond

About this audiobook

The five children have grown up and World War I has begun in earnest. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories... until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed; the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.

About the author

Novelist, journalist and critic Kate Saunders was born in London in 1960, Saunders was the eldest daughter of six children. Her beginnings as an actor at the National Theatre influenced her novels The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden (Bloomsbury) and Storm in the Citadel (Mandarin/Jonathan Cape). Saunders¿ first novel, The Prodigal Father (Jonathan Cape/HarperCollins), earned her the Betty Trask prize. Writing everything from historical romance and detective novels to children¿s books, the series that brought her into the spotlight was The Belfry Witches, which was also adapted into a BBC series. She was a judge on the 1990 Booker Prize and the 2007 Women¿s Prize, which she helped found. Saunders died at age 62 in April 2023.