Flight (Paperback) - Vanessa Harbour

Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Spanish Riding School groom Herr Engel at a country stables where they are hiding the precious Lipizzaner stallions. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, he knows they must get the stallions to safety, but the only way is straight through enemy territory.

Austria 1945. After losing his family, Jakob shelters with Spanish Riding School groom Herr Engel at a remote country stables where they are hiding the precious Lipizzaner stallions the Nazis wants to steal. When a German officer comes looking for Jakob and finds the horses, Jakob and his guardian know they must get the stallions to safety, but the only way is straight through enemy territory. Joined by Kizzy, an orphan Roma girl, the three must guide the horses across the perilous Austrian mountains. Will they reach safety, and what will be waiting for them on the other side?

About the Author

Vanessa Harbour was born in Bromsgrove. She is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the university in Winchester. She used to run her own PR consultancy. She has been commissioned to write Creative and Critical Approaches to Writing Young Adult Fiction by Palgrave. She is Academic and Business Consultant at the Golden Egg Academy and works for them as an editor. Flight is her first novel.