The Turn of the Worm

By Colin J Nicholls
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Published: June 09, 2011
Words: 77,722 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781780690209

Short description

Set in the 1930’s, this is the gripping story of two great friends. Charles Oliver Ward is a sensitive, lonely teenager who is constantly bullied and taunted as a coward at his local secondary school by three teenage classmates. He has lost all but one of his friends because they have become afraid to be associated with him.

Extended description

He has become a prisoner within his own home for fear of going out onto the estate. One day a new boy arrives in class, his name is Terrence; he is confident and athletic and cares nothing for the threats of the bullies. He immediately takes to Chas and they strike up a very close friendship, one that blossoms, and for the first time in years Chas starts to enjoy his life.The outbreak of the Second World War sees them parted when Terry goes off to fight and Chas is deemed unfit and stays at home in a more comfortable, sedate, assistant librarian role. Terry becomes a war hero, eventually going undercover into France to work alongside the Resistance in the rescue of the Jewish people. But Terry gets captured by the Nazis and Chas, who through a twist of fate, has now found himself deciphering messages at a secret location for the War office, using enigma, discovers that Terry is a prisoner. Chas will not, and cannot, leave Terry to die and aims to prove once and for all that he was ne.. (Read more) He has become a prisoner within his own home for fear of going out onto the estate. One day a new boy arrives in class, his name is Terrence; he is confident and athletic and cares nothing for the threats of the bullies. He immediately takes to Chas and they strike up a very close friendship, one that blossoms, and for the first time in years Chas starts to enjoy his life.The outbreak of the Second World War sees them parted when Terry goes off to fight and Chas is deemed unfit and stays at home in a more comfortable, sedate, assistant librarian role. Terry becomes a war hero, eventually going undercover into France to work alongside the Resistance in the rescue of the Jewish people. But Terry gets captured by the Nazis and Chas, who through a twist of fate, has now found himself deciphering messages at a secret location for the War office, using enigma, discovers that Terry is a prisoner. Chas will not, and cannot, leave Terry to die and aims to prove once and for all that he was never a coward. The mission to save his friend is fraught with danger and he faces many life threatening encounters to achieve his goal. Will he find Terry alive? If so, how will he get him back to England?
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fiction, war, worm, the, of, colin, nicholls, turn

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