June 2017 Book of the Month
In a nutshell: an evacuee story as imagined by the one and only Jacqueline Wilson
Queen of contemporary fiction, Jacqueline Wilson is now setting her stories in the past, but they’re not one bit less lively, immediate or relevant to young people for that. For her 106th book she’s chosen to write a story of evacuees. Shirley is a bit of a misfit, a daydreamer, which irritates her mum, happiest with imaginary friends. Awkward and shy, she’s one of the last evacuees from her school to be adopted and is finally forced on a wealthy elderly lady and her housekeeper together with two boys similarly rejected. The arrival of the three youngsters shakes up the household, and what follows is vintage Wilson, full of incident and adroitly described relationships, and with an emotional and dramatic urgency that will keep readers turning the pages compulsively until the eventual happy ending. Nick Sharratt’s illustrations are as funny and heart-rending as the text. ~ Andrea Reece
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September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, 10-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 forever.
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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wave Me Goodbye and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Wave Me Goodbye features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Adventure Stories, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
Wave Me Goodbye is available in Paperback, CD-Audio, , Hardback
Wave Me Goodbye was written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Bolinda Audio
