Friday, 31 March 2023

Cinebook: THE BLUECOATS 16 - SALLIE

 


Authors: Lambil & Cauvin

Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: January 2023

£7.99 Incl VAT

ISBN: 9781800440890

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/the-bluecoats-16-sallie-p-4503.html


A quiet day in the Union Army … Soldiers are resting, Blutch and Chesterfield are arguing, and the generals are plotting strategy. Things change suddenly with the arrival of a new regiment, sent as reinforcements to counter the imminent arrival of the Confederates. With them is a young dog, Sallie, who’s been on every battlefield with her uniformed masters, and who takes an immediate liking to Chesterfield, to the point that she accompanies him on a dangerous scouting mission …

Aww. That ending. Brings a tear to the eye (lot of dust in the room I guess). The Bluecoats have become a firm favourite over the years because it is far from a straight out funny book as it shows the serious side of the American Civil War and there are lots of lovely details..

If this one don't make you choke up at the end...you are dead inside!!

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