Under the London Sky : A Week Junior Book of the Week

Author: Woltz, Anna

Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 28 August 2025 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

A Telegraph best new children's bookLondon, September 1940. Deep in the Underground, taking shelter from the bombs, four teenagers meet.

Without the Blitz, they never would have met.

Fourteen-year-old Ella walks with a limp. Some days, she feels like a laughing stock. Other days, like no one sees her at all. Quinn is fifteen, fancy and fearless. She’s run away from home with a bag of family jewels and big ideas about changing the world. Jack is sixteen and doesn’t care about anything anymore – he’s already lost it all. And then there’s Sebastian, Quinn’s older brother. He used to be her hero. Until he became a traitorA coming-of-age historical novel for teens from internationally bestselling children's author, Anna Woltz.