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Reviewed on March 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5–8—Ten-year-old Wesley and fourteen-year-old Charles Bishop evacuate London during the Blitz, trading bombs bursting in air for the perils of fitting in at a new school in rural Virginia. While Charles makes friends easily, Wesley struggles to find a place in their foster family, the Ratcliffs. It isn't until he meets Freddy, an African American boy living with his grandparents w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Brothers Charles, fourteen, and Wesley, ten, are evacuated from London's 1943 Blitz and sent to live with a Virginian family. Adjusting t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
