Illustrated by Michael Foreman
Told through the eyes of a fisherman's daughter, this is the story of how, in May 1940, an "armada" of ordinary people in their own boats joined the British Royal Navy to help rescue soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. More than 860 ships, many of them small river and coastal fishing craft, sailed back and forth across the British Channel for nine days ferrying trapped British and French soldiers to safer shores.
Louise Borden describes a child's involvement in this impressive naval operation and the mixture of emotions experienced - wonder at seeing so many people rallying together, pride felt at a sailor's praise, recognition of the suffering, and of the camaraderie, between soldiers of many nations, and her own fear that her brother may not be one of the lucky ones among those rescued.
