JONES, Tom

Carrie JONES | FICTION,  Mar 01, 2016

Cindy ANSTEY | FICTION,  Mar 01, 2016

Tim WYNNE-JONES | MEDIA,  Feb 01, 2016

An essential purchase that tells a different story from World War II within a realistic framing. ["This intergenerational tale is an excellent addition to most YA collections": SLJ 10/15 starred review of the Candlewick book.]

Lloyd JONES | FICTION,  Nov 01, 2015

Terry Jones | FICTION,  Oct 01, 2015

Bryony JONES | FICTION,  Oct 01, 2015

Emily LLOYD-JONES | FICTION,  Oct 01, 2015

Tim WYNNE-JONES | FICTION,  Oct 01, 2015

Offering a unique take on the World War II period, this intergenerational tale is an excellent addition to most YA collections.—Susannah Goldstein, Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City

"So much of grief is unlearning," observes Wynne-Jones in this perceptive and multi-layered page-turner. When Evan's single father, Clifford, dies suddenly, the high-schooler must work through his own grief while dealing with Clifford's estranged father Griff, a military man who Clifford had claimed was a murderer. Griff's also a control freak and is somehow tied to the strange book that was sent to Clifford just before he died. As Evan reads the book—the translated journal of a WWII Japanese soldier stranded on a mystical island with an American Marine plane-crash survivor