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Evacuated from World War II London to a remote Devonshire village, Bobby tries to fit in with the community's many eccentric "stay behind" citizens, including the mysteriously enigmatic Bee King and a group of bullies who torture him and accuse him of being a spy. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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<p>When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the “stay behinds”: the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys.</p><p>As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King.</p><p>Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, <em>Five Boys</em> is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch.</p>
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