Letters from the Lighthouse: ‘THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION’ Guardian: 1

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I thought the history was so realistic and it's made me want to find out more about the history and that time period in particular. To try and be helpful she becomes a postman and starts sending secret messages to her sister Suki who was lost in an air raid, but she finds a code which she is convinced relates to her but how far will she go for her sister? Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc. By shining a spotlight on supplementary characters’ preconceptions and showing their progression towards change and acceptance, my class were able to connect with the injustices faced by refugees, both in the past and the present, on a far deeper level. A heart-warming and life affirming novel of the indomitableness of the human spirit and that compassion and family love can win through.

It tells the moving story of Olive and her brother Cliff as they leave the heavily bombed streets of London and become evacuees on the coast of Devon, sent to live with an enigmatic lighthouse keeper. I have read numerous stories set during World War II and having at the center the evacuation of English city children to the countryside. Straight from the opening few chapters during the London blitz, it’s becomes clear on how much attention to detail the author try’s to explain what life was like during this time to younger readers.But that doesn’t mean I don’t like any of the other characters because I really loved them all Especially Queenie and Esther because there were just so unpredictable and I really liked that one minute they could be kind and one minute they could be ever so mean.

Tocmai de aceea, părinții își trimit copiii singuri, în zonele rurale, pentru a îi salva un pic de la toată trauma pe care o provoacă un război de o asemenea amploare. Thereafter, why is there so little sympathy for the city children who need the comfort of a seaside setting?They find a code in Sukie's coat pocket and then who was the man she was talking to was another question they had to find the answer to. These paint a grim picture of the war, but remain suitable for younger children and should not cause any problems for your class. We were the going to be beaten by hate" is a message that transcends the period setting, speaking straight to a contemporary audience. I felt transported into World War II: the rushing when there was an air-raid siren, why some children wanted to be evacuated and why some children did not, living with rationing and experiencing different lifestyles once evacuated. War and hate has the ability to divide communities but Letters from the Lighthouse shows how much can be achieved when people work together.

My favorite part is when Sukie (Olives older sister ) goes missing because you wander where she had gone. Olive is a brave heroine and there's a good twist towards the end that even the most wily readers won't see coming. I just finished letters from the light house and it was fantastic this book is for girls and boys and I loved to predict what was going to happen next. Carroll has written wonderful characters, a realistic plot where the kids can make significant contributions to the war effort without it being unrealistic, and added just enough of the hard stuff so as not to negate the horror of war or overburden kids with it either.This book has shown me what life was like during WW2, what people did and the sacrifices they had to make. In this book, the main characters do change, but we see the greatest changes made by the people around them. The reader is treated responsibly; we understand that ‘there is a war on’, that other events and activities take precedence.

Their father has been killed, their mother appears to be sinking under her grief and their older sister has gone missing after a bombing raid.Olive’s mother decides that the city is no longer safe for her children so Olive and her younger brother, Cliff, are evacuated to coastal Devon. I loved Emma Carroll’s ‘In Darkling Wood’ from 2016 Bookfest and this story may have even topped that. Well what can I say Emma Carroll has brought an enlightened and heart wrenching version of events during WW2 with the poignancy of Good Night Mr Tom and the sad reality of the plight of Jewish refugees trying to flee to the UK. I only post positive reviews, if I don't like a book or cannot imagine it being one that I would recommend to a readership group whose interests differ from my own, I don't post a review.