When the Sky Falls

· Bolinda · Narrated by Phil Earle
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6 hr 57 min
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It’s 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis’s cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?
It’s 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affini...

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Phil Earle is the bestselling author of many books for children and teenagers, including When the Sky Falls, winner of The Times Children’s Book of the Year 2021 and the British Book award for Children’s Fiction. He lives with his family on the side of a very steep hill in Yorkshire.

Phil Earle is the bestselling author of many books for children and teenagers, including When the Sky Falls, winner of The Times Children’s Book of the Year 2021 and the British Book award for Children’s Fiction. He lives with his family on the side of a very steep hill in Yorkshire.

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