Under Attack

by Jim Eldridge, Dave Shephard (Illustrator)

Dr Sari Patel and Captain Joe MacBride are under fire. The Taliban have attacked the hospital they're building. A young girl is hurt by a bomb. Joe must draw fire away from the village while Sari performs the most dangerous operation of her life.

Will they all make it out in one piece?

64 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2013

About the author

Jim Eldridge is the author of many books for children, including titles in the My Story series, the Warpath books, and How to Handle Grown-Ups. He has had 250 TV scripts broadcast in the UK and internationally for children's and teen television, and is also the creator and writer of Radio 4's long-running comedy-drama series, King Street Junior.

Reviews

[Debbie Elliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very good and is dyslexic friendly which made it so much better for me to read

[Tracy Enright · Rating 3 out of 5]

This quick reads novel is more of a short story, but it still manages to pack in plenty of action. The author's sparse business-like style goes well with the plot – the British army are building a hospital in Afghanistan when it comes under attack by the Taliban. Whilst not gratuitously gory – the book is aimed at teens – it says enough to bring home some of the brutality of war, especially its effects on the civilian population, and it does so without becoming overly emotional. I would recommend this book to those studying politics or history, to give them a more human perspective of the events we usually only see as headlines. It's worth noting that this story is pro-British, so you would need to read another perspective to add balance.