World War II Tales: The Phantom Farm

by Terry Deary

Phantom Farm

64 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2015

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Donna Maguire]

I thought that this was a great book to read! The story was well written and it was easy to read and understand and I loved the way that the story was told. I have read a few of the books in the Terrible True Tales series now and they are all really enjoyable (this one has been added to the WWII set). It is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended! (I read this book as part of the Terrible True Tales compilation on World War II)

[Sean Harding]

History from World War Two, and unlike many stories, especially children' stories it involves the home front. A good yarn here involving the world of the black market, which was a thriving enterprise during the war years. Another good history lesson from Deary.