num_pages: 192
description: Twelve-year-old Harry struggles to make it on his own after his family is lost in a German air raid. But as he and his dog companion journey along the northern English coast, there is never enough distance between them and the terrible war.
language: English
title: The Kingdom by the Sea
titlecomplete: The Kingdom by the Sea
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, War, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 579
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Egmont Books Ltd