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The Two Pound Tram

de William Newton

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" A marvelous portrait of the intersection between childhood innocence and grownup experience." -- "Kirkus Reviews" ""The year is 1937, and Hitler has just walked into Austria. Wilfred and Duncan live in a big old house in Sussex, England; they spend their days catching butterflies, and only ever see their parents on Wednesdays for lunch. When their mother elopes and their father takes up with other ladies, they decide that enough is enough: they will leave home, go to London, and buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement. It costs two pounds sterling..."The Two-Pound Tram" is a classic wartime tale of adventure, and a bittersweet evocation of youth and its triumph over hardship.… (més)

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Ma_Washigeri | Jan 23, 2021 |

My mother passed this book on to me several years ago, but I'd been putting off reading it because I was concerned that something awful was going to happen to the tram. In fact there are two trams, and, while neither of them comes out of the action unscathed, this wasn't nearly such a depressing read as I feared. It's a whimsical, almost surreal, sort of a book, a quick read that touches lightly on some horrible subjects. I almost want to call it wish fulfilment, though it's a strange sort of a wish.

KathleenJowitt | Mar 12, 2020 |

Utterly charming! Don't know how it evaded me for so long and a shame I only found it after assiduous rummaging in charity shops. A perfect commute/beach read and one to pass on to old and young alike. (

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TimForrest65 | Jul 14, 2016 |

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Ma_Washigeri | Jun 17, 2014 |

Delightful, concise, unassuming, and ultimately touching story that rolls on and gains interest steadily. The two lead characters are brothers, the tale starts in childhood, and, as in so much of the mot memorable children's stories, they are freed early on from the constraints of adult supervision. Freed for a succession of unlikely adventures, yet so convincingly described: butterfly collecting, running a tramway, being feted as plucky war heroes. Its not really a children's book, but so simply and economically composed, and so enjoyable, I still found myself urging my 8-year old to read it. (

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" A marvelous portrait of the intersection between childhood innocence and grownup experience." -- "Kirkus Reviews" ""The year is 1937, and Hitler has just walked into Austria. Wilfred and Duncan live in a big old house in Sussex, England; they spend their days catching butterflies, and only ever see their parents on Wednesdays for lunch. When their mother elopes and their father takes up with other ladies, they decide that enough is enough: they will leave home, go to London, and buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement. It costs two pounds sterling..."The Two-Pound Tram" is a classic wartime tale of adventure, and a bittersweet evocation of youth and its triumph over hardship.

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