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{{DisplayTitle|''Hero at Dunkirk''}}{{Infobox_book
|name = ''Hero at Dunkirk''
|image = Hero-at-Dunkirk1.jpg
|seriesnumber = 2
|series = ''[[My Story (UK)#My True Story|My True Story]]''
|author = [[Vince Cross]]
|publishers = [[Scholastic|Scholastic UK]]
|publicationdate = June 7, 2010<ref>https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/75525</ref>
|pages = 144
|ISBN = [[Special:Booksources/9781407117836|9781407117836]]
|location = 
*[[wikipedia:Ramsgate|Ramsgate, South East]]
*[[wikipedia:Dunkirk|Dunkirk, France]]
|timeline = May – June 1940<ref>The final section is set during September 1941.</ref>
|previous = ''[[What If They Find Us?]]''
|next = ''[[Standing Alone]]''
}}
'''''Hero at Dunkirk''''' is a book in ''[[My Story (UK)#My True Story|My True Story]]'', a spin-off of ''[[My Story (UK)|My Story]]''. It was written by [[Vince Cross]] and first published in June 2010. The book was republished in July 2013 for ''My Story'' with new cover art and then again in July 2017. It was followed by [[Jim Eldridge|Jim Eldridge's]] ''[[Standing Alone]]''.
==Dedication==
:"''For the Read family, Graham Spain, Sheila Johnson, Audrey Carter, Sandra King and all those who remember Joe with affection and admiration...''"
==Book description==
<tabber>
1st=
:"''1940, and Britain has been plunges into the Second World War. For Joe Read, the battles raging in France are nothing more than whispered rumours and distant gunfire until he is called up for a secret mission to the beaches of Dunkirk. What follows is a three-day adventure that Joe will never forget, and a chapter in the war that will change the course of history.''"
|-|2nd=
:"''It's 1940, and Britain has been plunged into the Second World War. For Joe Read, the battles raging in France are nothing more than rumours and distant gunfire until he is called up for a secret mission, to the beaches of Dunkirk.<br>What follows is an unforgettable three-day adventure that will change the course of history...''"
|-|3rd=
:"'''''"Joe, this might not be quite like one of your usual lifeboat rescues."'''<br>It's 1940, and Britain has been plunged into the Second World War. For Joe Read, the battles raging in France are nothing more than rumours and distant gunfire until he is called up for a secret mission, to the beaches of Dunkirk. What follows is an unforgettable three-day adventure that will change the course of history...''"
</tabber>
==Plot==
==Historical Note==
==Characters==
{{Main|List of Hero at Dunkirk characters}}
*'''[[Joe Read]]'''
==Author==
{{Main|Vince Cross}}
==Editions==
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Hero-at-Dunkirk.jpg|''Hero at Dunkirk''<br>''[[My Story (UK)|My Story]]'' reprint<br>[[Special:BookSources/9781407136714|9781407136714]]<br>(July 2013)<ref>https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/89239</ref>
Hero-at-Dunkirk3.jpg|''Hero at Dunkirk''<br>''My Story'' reprint<br>[[Special:BookSources/9781407182223|9781407182223]]<br>(July 2017)<ref>https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/114735</ref>
</gallery>
==Notes==
*The second edition of ''Hero at Dunkirk'' was illustrated by Sam R. Kennedy.
*The cover image used on the third edition was licensed from Mark Owens at Trevillion Images.
*''Hero at Dunkirk'' was published to mark the seventieth anniversary of the [[wikipedia:Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk evacuation]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110513003351/http://www5.scholastic.co.uk/zone/book_my-story.htm http://www5.scholastic.co.uk/zone/book_my-story.htm] (archive)</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==See also==
{{My Story UK}}
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