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Starred Review on November 1, 2015 | Preschool
The year is 1940, and ten-year-old Lindy, along with her mother and a boy cousin, is evacuated from London to the safety of the Canadian prairies. Banks herself was sent to Canada as a child during WWII, and this memoir-like novel mines the war-evacuation material to reflect a child's cultural confusion, loneliness, and anxiety. It also includes a more adult take on the e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
It's 1940, and ten-year-old Lindy, along with her mother and boy cousin, is evacuated from London to the safety of the Canadian p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
