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Eddie and Eva meet on the eve of the Second World War. Eddie only wants to be a flyer, to find escape in the clouds from his own complicated family. However, the Battle of Britain makes a pilot's life a dangerous way to flee reality. Eva has her own passionate longing: to become a painter. When Eva's Jewish mother disappears to Germany, she is left alone with her elderly father. Both Eddie and Eva come of age at a time that teaches them that happiness is always fleeting, but there are things worth living - or dying - for.

When Poppy discovers that her father Frank is in prison, she is angry and bewildered. Seeing her wonderful, heroic father in a London prison looking pale, subdued and in prison clothes, she suddenly has a brilliant idea: to free her father. The story of a feisty girl, and how she deals with the pain of her dad’s downfall, has much to say about the harsh realities faced by the unlucky children of prisoners.

Glory is the story of the men and women of Gallipoli and the tragic events of 1915. Of the lives lost, the hearts broken, the decisions cast, the errors made, and the dark reality of the heroic dream. It is the story of three people changed forever as the echoes of war ring loudly through the years. It is a tale of everything but Glory....

Poppy’s dad is still in prison. Her mum has rushed back to Poland to look after her seriously ill mother. At times like this she needs Angel, the joker among her friends - dodgy, wild, can’t read or write much, yet bursting with energy.

When Poppy discovers a note from Angel: At yor place. Need help, she finds him lying under the kitchen table, bleeding from an arm wound. Has he been stabbed? Why hasn’t he rung 999? Who else is involved?