"There's something very comforting and hopeful about a Tom Palmer book. His love of the landscape shines through as he conjures an immersive sense of time and place, and he writes his characters with such compassion that it's impossible not to love them and to want to spend time with them." -- Dan Smith "Tom Palmer, master of historical fiction for children, is back with another stunning story of real people facing the challenge and terror of war . If the Invader Comes is full of real, raw emotion. Containing scenes of death and destruction, it brings a realism to the curiosity of what happened when Britain was at war." -- Scope for Imagination, blog "As a Y6 teacher, I'm always on the look out for high quality World War II texts . Whenever I see a Tom Palmer book, I know I'm looking at high quality." - Teacher "It captured the atmosphere and the essence of wartime just right.

The fear, the make do and mend attitude and the drive to do your bit. The book delicately touches upon a few hard hitting themes but in such a well written way. It was a time when bombs were falling, people were dying and men were coming back from war broken. But it was a time of hope, staying strong in your community and treasuring friendships and those certainly burnt bright here!" - NetGalley review "Without doubt Tom Palmer is an absolute master of historical fiction. His writing is so well crafted and engaging and immediately you are transported back in time and through his writer lens, it enables us not to forget one of the most important and pivotal points in World history . I absolutely love that Tom can transport and immerse us, the reader, in a story that is so deeply rooted within our history." - NetGalley review.