Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
It’s 1941 and Europe’s at war. After narrowly surviving a bomb attack, London schoolchildren Olive and Cliff are evacuated to seaside Devon.
It’s a pretty place, but they’re barely welcome…and is it all as sleepy and safe as it first appears? German planes scout overhead, garden vegetables are destroyed, something’s afoot. When Olive finds a coded message in her pocket, she is drawn into an urgent wartime intrigue.
Full of messages about compassion and humanity, Letters from the Lighthouse is a wholesome introduction to wartime fiction. Esther’s story is an emotional highpoint and Monsieur Bonet’s account of the orchard makes a bittersweet ending.
An enjoyable middle grade historical adventure that works as an introduction to war literature.
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