Against her will, 10-year-old Norah is evacuated to Canada with her five-year-old brother. After a long voyage, they are sent to the home of a rich women. Although Norah is miserable, she realizes that Gavin needs her support. This is from a World War II trilogy about a British brother and sister.
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after reading the first book, "the sky is falling", i expected that the second book would be a teriffic come down. However i was pleasantly surprised and while the first book will always be my favourite, i thoughouly enjoyed the second and bought the third one the very same day that i bought the sevond. in the book Norah, who has settled into canadian life is unbalanced by the arrival at gairloch of another cousin, andrew. The book describes Norahs vastly fickle feelings for andrew throughout the summer and also shows the adventures which she and her cousins get up to.
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I read all three of the books, and I connected mostly to the 2nd one, because I am the same age as Norah is then. The basic storyline goes like this: Norah and her brother Gavin are evacuated to Canada, Gavin is only 6 at the time and doesn't understand what's happening. Norah is very annoyed and does not look after him. She does not like Aunt Florence, her main guardian, but likes her daughter Aunt Mary. She feels lonely and is very unhappy. She goes a bit wild and does silly things, but it is mostly ok in the end. The 2nd book is all at the family house, Gairloch, in north canada. The whole extended family has come on summer holiday, and Norah falls in love with her cousin, Andrew, who is 19. She is only 13 and sometimes feels left out because she is not one of the family. In this book she does look after Gavin. The 3rd book is written in Gavin's eyes rather than Norah's and is about the decisions he has to make. He has to decide whether to go back to England or stay in canada. This one made me cry!
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I have read this book many a time and enjoyed it thouroughly.The other books in this series are very enjoyable to.I think Kit Pearson is a very talented writer and I recommend her books to you. I really hope that you buy and enjoy this book.
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I think these three books are moving, powerful novels that are timeless classics you can read again and again. Ten year old Norah is reluctantly evacuated with her oblivious brother Gavin, who is five. They stay in a luxurious mansion in Canada with Florence and Mary Drummond. Norah uncomfortably stays there and Gavin is enriched with his new splendour. In book 2, you meet Norah faced with growing up without the aid of a mother in Gairloch, their summer cottage in Muskoka where they both adapted to quickly. Accompanied by the "Drummond Clan" who are all the Drummond cousins they are both caught in a whirlwind of love and partying, well at least Norah is. Cousin Andrew is towering down on them ans she is desperately in love with him. In book three, Norah is fifteen and Gavin is ten. His life is Canadian, whereas Norah is a mixture. Suddenly a tragedy hits them all, when their parents are killed. Gavin isn't that sad, but Norah is. Their Grandfather comes to live with them in Canada, wanting to get custody of them and take them back to England. Stubborn Florence Drummond is not happy about this arrangement, and secretly tries to adopt Gavin, who sticks by her. Soon, though, Gavin cracks and goes to England, where the cold and aching "home" sickness is too painful for him to endure, and you are left with a touching letter to his "family" where he is very diplomatic despite his feelings inside.
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'The Sky is Falling' is the first of the three volumes which make up 'The War Guests Trilogy'; the others two volumes are 'Looking at the Moon' and 'The Lights Go On Again'. Although each book can be read on its own, the trilogy is a single work which can only be fully appreciated by reading it all - but if you read the first volume you will most certainly want to read volumes two and three! It concerns two English children, Norah and her younger brother Gavin, who are evacuated to Canada early in the 2nd World War. We experience the heartbreak of their leaving home, the trauma of the journey, and the mixed emotions of settling into a new home in an affluent suburb of Toronto. The second book takes place on a lake island during a summer vacation which turns out to be Norah's rite of passage from child to teenager. In the final book we are back in Toronto; the War is about to end, and Gavin, now 10, has to choose whether he wants to return to an England and a home he can scarcely recall. In the end he is guided by an act of remembering which takes him, and the reader, back to where the whole story began.
The 'War Guests Trilogy' is marvellously evocative and, ultimately, very moving read, which brings vividly to life the extraordinary experience, suffered by many British children, of being evacuated to and spending formative years in a distant and different world. It is hugely enjoyable and unforgettable.
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I really enjoyed these books. They taught me a lot about the Second World War, and they are very good books if you are interested in that time. It is quite a sad story, but also there are some funny bits. Norah and Gavin are very realistic characters and very good ones to.
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