num_pages: 320
description: 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 One from the award-winning Hilary McKay.
language: English
title: The Skylarks’ War
publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books