The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
In Arctic Star, Palmer has crafted an excellent and moving tale of three young men’s perilous journey during World War II. In 1939, the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world with bases dotted all around the globe. It is sometimes easy to focus on the war...
Tom Palmer, many congratulations on your new book, Arctic Star. Can you tell us a bit about your characters, Frank, Joseph and Stephen? They’re composite characters, so their stories are made up of the memories of several men who took part in the Arctic Convoys, all...
Writing Arctic Star There are hundreds of children’s books about war. From Boudica’s Britain to Bagram Airbase, all theatres are included. But the majority of children’s war fiction covers the First and Second World Wars and it is deployed by teachers in schools to...
