This book is the first in a trilogy, and the trilogy as a whole was among my favourites growing up. Since then I've read it many times-- once with my boyfriend, scared4, and he really liked it as well.

I have my own copy of The Sky is Falling, and I've bookcrossed one before, but I found this one in a charity shop and my dad insisted I get it for bookcrossing. It might go traveling with me this summer! This book is a historical fiction novel for kids about young English children who are sent to Canada for safety during the Second World War.

This book is a winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award, The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award, and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.



Here's the bit from the back:

It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler's army. Norah lies in bed listening to the anxious voices of her parents downstairs. She knows other parents are sending their children to safety overseas, but she is sure her own would never send her away.

Then Norah is told that she and her brother, Gavin, are being sent to Canada. The voyage across the ocean is exciting, but at the end of it Norah becomes more and more miserable. The rich woman in Toronto who takes them in prefers Gavin to her, the children at school taunt her, and as the news from England becomes worse, she is filled with numbing homesickness.

But as Christmas approaches and Norah begins to make friends, she discovers a surprising responsibility that helps her to accept her new country.



***Please note that this particular copy of the book has a different cover from the one in the picture***