The Fantastic Journey — Martyn Croft

It is Christmas 1962, and friends Eddie and Len have money to spend. George Canter, a Polish refugee from the war, has things to sell from his junk shop in Fenton-on-Sea, a sleepy East Anglian seaside town where nothing ever happens. That is about to change. Eddie buys a mysterious object from George and then the adventure begins, leading the two boys on a fantastic journey. Eddie and Len soon learn that their adventure is not all it seems, making them question whether fantasy is reality or vice-versa, as they become pawns in the magical adventure of a lifetime.