Whistling in the Dark

LoveReading4Kids Says

Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, June 2015  Best-selling Shirley Hughes brings alive how it felt to be growing up in Liverpool during the Second World War. In a gripping and touching story which draws on her own memories of growing up at that time, Shirley Hughes sets a vivid scene of blackouts, rationing – especially of nylons which was a great hardship for the girls and all against the permanently lurking dread that something terrible is about to happen.

But she also brings alive her much life was the same in terms of friendships and adventures as Joan and her best friend Doreen enjoy going to school, seeing off the class bully and going to the cinema.  ~ Julia Eccleshare

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Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for June 2015 

It's a Groovy World, Alfredo by Sean Taylor

The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army by Michael Foreman

Whistling in the Dark by Shirley Hughes

The King's Shadow by Philip Womack

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About Whistling in the Dark

In the hardship of war, everything is rationed - except true friendship. From much-loved author Shirley Hughes comes a compelling wartime adventure set during the Liverpool Blitz.Liverpool, 1940: thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under threat from the Nazi's terrifying nightly air-raids. It is not an easy time to be a teenager, especially with the sweet rationing, strict curfews and blackouts.

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