The Evacuee Christmas

I feel bad giving this a 2 star rating but that means 'it was ok' as opposed to 3 stars 'liked it', but really that is all I can say about it - with hindsight I should have learned more about it before choosing to read as it just didn't suit me. The story centres on sister and brother twins, Connie a......more

I love books set around the war years and this was a lovely story about London children being evacuated to Harrogate. I could feel the tension as the children were waiting to be chosen and felt so pleased when the twins were taken to the local vicarage with a lovely couple. Their aunt who was expect......more

This short tale follows the fortunes of a Bermondsey London, family as evacuation is ordered in 1939. We see two children, their mother anxiously making preparations such as sewing labels onto clothing as ordered and trying to assemble the government-required list of goods. And their aunt, ordered t......more

I think there is a general misconception about the evacuations during the war, and King does go into that in the book. There seems to be this overall consensus that the majority of people or people in general were happy to accommodate complete strangers for there country. A sense of community spirit......more