Moving from one family to another, the children suffer the cruel trickery of foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets, and the hollowness of empty tummies. He also hopes that whoever takes the children on might end up willing to adopt them and become their new family–providing, of course, that the children can agree on the choice.
Her solicitor comes up with a preposterous plan: he will arrange for the children to join a group of schoolchildren who are being evacuated to a village in the country, where they will live with families for the duration of the war. Unfortunately, she left no provision for their guardianship in her will. It is 1940 and Anna, 9, Edmund, 11, and William, 12, have just lost their grandmother. I’m not sure that it’s quite Newbery caliber, but it is #8 on the Goodreads list right now.Ĭons: The ending was a little predictable…although totally satisfying.Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, bouncing from home to home in search of a permanent family. If The War That Saved My Life was a little heavy for you, this will be absolutely perfect. Then settle in and prepare yourself for this year’s most enjoyable comfort read. Pros: Please do not even attempt to read this book until you have access to a cozy fire, warm slippers, and a nice cup of tea. Includes a list of the many books mentioned in the story. Műller, hoping to finally find a family with her. When disaster strikes at the second foster home, the children naturally gravitate to Mrs. Műller, who’s shunned by the village because her missing husband is suspected to have Nazi sympathies.
Their one refuge is the library and the kind librarian, Mrs. They next land at the home of an impoverished woman with four small children whose husband is at war, and whose hard circumstances make her unloving at best and downright cruel at worst. When Edmund puts a dead snake in one of their beds, the boy takes revenge in a way that gets all three kids kicked out of the house.
Their first foster parents seem okay, but have twin sons who are nasty bullies. The three orphans are determined to stay together, and decide to take the advice of their solicitor and evacuate London with a group of children from a local school, hoping to find a permanent family. Summary: We first meet William, Edmund, and Anna at the funeral of their grandmother, a cold woman no one really misses, except for the fact that she was their last living relative.
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