We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar. ‘Has the feel of a classic.’ Sunday Times ‘A gripping adventure.’ Guardian ‘Echoes of Michael Morpurgo.’ The Times ‘Another beautifully written story.’ Sunday Express ‘The tension builds until the very end.’ Daily Mail February, 1941.