Phil Earle on the real wartime stories behind Until the Road Ends

Author Phil Earle shares some of the real wartime stories that influenced his new book, Until the Road Ends, and explains how he used them to write the story.
Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
About the book:
When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins. Nothing can come between them - until war is declared. Peggy is evacuated to safety, but Beau is left behind in London, where he becomes the most unexpected of war heroes. Night after night, as bombs rain down and lives are destroyed, Beau searches the ruins of the city, rescuing countless survivors.
But then tragedy strikes and Beau must set off on an incredible Journey to find his beloved Peggy...
Schools can download excellent teaching resources for Phil Earle’s three WW2 novels here: bit.ly/UntiltheRoadEnds

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Thank you Phil Earle! This video - together with the reading of the opening chapter - was perfect for my library lesson! I had chosen Until the Road Ends as book of the week but I read to the students all the time (I'm sure they get bored of my voice!) so this was like having an author visit!