Wave me goodbye
Wilson, Jacqueline2018
Book
Jacqueline Wilson's story of a girl sent away as an evacuee in WWII, now available in paperback. It is her first novel set in this period, and she creates a moving and atmospheric read, filled with period detail and a sense of mystery. Ages: 9+. Nick Sharratt illustrates. September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, ten-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train with her schoolmates. She doesn't know where she's going, or what's going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she's going on `a little holiday'. Shirley is billeted in the country, with two boys from East End London, Kevin and Archie - and their experiences living in the strange, half-empty Red House, with the mysterious and reclusive Mrs Waverley, will change their lives for ever. Award-winning, bestselling and beloved author Jacqueline Wilson turns to this period of history for the first time, in this beautiful, moving story of friendship and bravery against the backdrop of the worst conflict the world has ever known.
Main title:
Wave me goodbye / Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Author:
Wilson, Jacqueline, authorSharratt, Nick, illustrator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Corgi Yearling, 2018.
Collation:
451 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2017.
ISBN:
9780440871514 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fictionChildren's storiesFiction 7+GeneralChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesFor National Curriculum Key Stage 2Interest age: from c 8 yearsInterest age: from c 9 yearsChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Family & home storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: School storiesChildren's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issuesGermany: National Socialist period (19331945)Relating to Jewish people & groups
BRN:
320754