Title: The Exeter blitz
First published: 1978
Description: Children's historical novel set in south-west England during World War II. It won the 1978 Carnegie Medal.

Through the eyes of Colin Lockwood, an ordinary schoolboy whose father works at Exeter Cathedral, the novel describes the devastating bombing raid on the town in May 1942.
Subjects: History, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Children's fiction
Places: Exeter (England), Great Britain, England
Time periods: Bombardment, 1942