- Library Binding: 143 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1435278739
- ISBN-13: 978-1435278738
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Three London teenagers, working on a school project, investigate an abandoned World War II bomb shelter on their school grounds. Accompanied by their history teacher, the four descend into the shelter--and emerge in the Blitz of 1940. Without ration books, identity cards, homes or family, and their teacher in imminent danger of being interned as an enemy alien, the four must find their way out of the past to return to the 21st century. An exciting and accurate time-travel fantasy for ten-year-olds up.
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The Secret Shelter was inspired by the air-raid shelter under the front lawn of the school in Penge, South London, where I was the secretary. I often wondered what was down there, and I would have loved to have excavated the site. The Secret Shelter tells the tale of three kids who didn't take an elderly man's advice to leave the past alone.
As the story gives an accurate portrayal of South London in World War II, the book is a useful addition to Key Stage 2 History. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Format:Paperback
This is the perfect book for young people (and old alike) to learn about the London blitz.
The reader is delivered back in time, when a group of youngsters (who attend the same school as famous alum Keith Richards) stumble through the old-covered-up-bomb-shelter, to a very dark hour in London's history. The story is about survival and will and the nightly bombings of London during W.W.II. Life in London did not stop when the bombs dropped the people persevered and triumphed --much like today.
It's an easy read, historic fiction, and a great introduction to this period of history.
The reader is delivered back in time, when a group of youngsters (who attend the same school as famous alum Keith Richards) stumble through the old-covered-up-bomb-shelter, to a very dark hour in London's history. The story is about survival and will and the nightly bombings of London during W.W.II. Life in London did not stop when the bombs dropped the people persevered and triumphed --much like today.
It's an easy read, historic fiction, and a great introduction to this period of history.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Time Travel Made Easy
14 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
Well researched, The Secret Shelter provides insight into the lives of those who struggled through the Blitz. I especially liked the time travel concept and how the three modern-day kids had to learn to deal with the bombs, scarcity of food, and blackouts.
This book would be a great introduction to some of the realities of WWII. And it's was much easier to digest this information while being entertained by likeable main characters. I learned about barrage balloons (who knew?), air raid shelters and how the women and kids in a close knit community in South London coped with unimaginable burdens.
I believe The Secret Shelter would be a great read for teens as well as those a bit younger. It's a part of history that shouldn't be forgotten.
This book would be a great introduction to some of the realities of WWII. And it's was much easier to digest this information while being entertained by likeable main characters. I learned about barrage balloons (who knew?), air raid shelters and how the women and kids in a close knit community in South London coped with unimaginable burdens.
I believe The Secret Shelter would be a great read for teens as well as those a bit younger. It's a part of history that shouldn't be forgotten.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
child's eyeview of the Battle of Britain
29 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
Rebeccasreads highly recommends THE SECRET SHELTER as an engaging & authentic recreation of a child's eyeview of a desperate time when ordinary people did extraordinary deeds, love shone like the Sun through the clouds of war, & danger fell from the sky.
When Sophie, Marina & Quigs thought of digging down through 60 years of earth to open the WWII air-raid shelter outside their school, Mr. Martin, the janitor, had warned them not to meddle with things past. Undeterred the classmates & their teacher find the door & open the dark, dank space. Once inside, Mr. Martin disappears & Mr. Schmidt falls through the rotted staircase & hurts his head.
Frantic, the friends drag their teacher out into the fresh air... except it's not the same place or time they'd just left. Now their school is painted a disgusting brown with all the windows covered with brown paper. Then the air starts humming, a hair-raising siren starts wailing & hordes of airplanes come rumbling overhead.
That's when it dawns on them they have traveled back in time to 1940.
Without homes, families or identities, carrying only the fake ration books Mr. Schmidt had made as samples for their class project, Sophie, Marina, & Quigs must avoid the dangers of the nightly bombardment by the Luftwaffe, suspicious classmates & the authorities on the lookout for German spies. Will they survive long enough to find out how to get back to the 21st century?
Moved me to tears & because I've been there & done that, brought up many memories. Outstanding, & perfect for (great)grandparents to tell (great)grandchildren what it was like.
When Sophie, Marina & Quigs thought of digging down through 60 years of earth to open the WWII air-raid shelter outside their school, Mr. Martin, the janitor, had warned them not to meddle with things past. Undeterred the classmates & their teacher find the door & open the dark, dank space. Once inside, Mr. Martin disappears & Mr. Schmidt falls through the rotted staircase & hurts his head.
Frantic, the friends drag their teacher out into the fresh air... except it's not the same place or time they'd just left. Now their school is painted a disgusting brown with all the windows covered with brown paper. Then the air starts humming, a hair-raising siren starts wailing & hordes of airplanes come rumbling overhead.
That's when it dawns on them they have traveled back in time to 1940.
Without homes, families or identities, carrying only the fake ration books Mr. Schmidt had made as samples for their class project, Sophie, Marina, & Quigs must avoid the dangers of the nightly bombardment by the Luftwaffe, suspicious classmates & the authorities on the lookout for German spies. Will they survive long enough to find out how to get back to the 21st century?
Moved me to tears & because I've been there & done that, brought up many memories. Outstanding, & perfect for (great)grandparents to tell (great)grandchildren what it was like.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Time-Travel Tale
25 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
The Secret Shelter is an amazing book that takes you right back to London in the bombing raids in the World War. I couldn't put the book down till I got to the very end. It's very exciting.
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