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Jackdaw summer is unlike any other summer you’ve ever known
Jackdaw Summer
What you need to know before your trail
Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland – but this year things are different. One hot summer’s day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD.
And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget ..
Travel Guide
Northumberland
A place for a David Almond adventure – one where you’re surrounded by a landscape of fields and trees, places to run and hide and see jackdaws in the sky.
Imagine finding a baby on a rural farm, being led there by a jackdaw, all you can see around you is space and time. This is where you can play with your friends, human and otherwise and have the best time of your life.
But there is a serious side to a coming of age novel and the war in Liberia for example might seem worlds away but it’s amazing what you discover on the Northumberland hills
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B) Northumberland - Hadrian's Wall
B) Northumberland - Hadrian's Wall
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Jackdaw Summer
Destination: Northumberland Author/Guide: David Almond
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