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Loading... The Children of the King (2012)by Sonya Hartnett
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The best work of this great Australian author that I've yet read. She has a magical way with words. ( ) An interesting book which links children sent to the countryside during world war II with a couple of strange children that they find inhabiting the ruins of the local castle. At first they think they have just run away from home, but gradually they find that there is something very strange about the two brothers. A mix of history and mystery that will appeal to many. Very appropriate at the moment with the finding of one of England's lost kings. I didn't realise until I started this that it was a children's book, but it swept me along anyway. It tells the story of three children exiled to a country house in England during WW2. The writing is lovely and the story charming enough - not as unsettling as Hartnett's superb Thursday's Child, but probably aimed at a slightly younger audience.
This delicious novel is rich in irony, both linguistically and structurally. Cecily is a clumping, junior Emma Woodhouse in her misplaced, yearning possessiveness towards May. Her uncle is a saturnine version of Mr Bennet. When biscuits go missing, he tells his young guests that "Cook believes there are rats in the larder. If not rats, mice. If not mice, weevils. If not weevils, children." AwardsNotable Lists
"Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their Uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find two mysterious boys hiding in the ruins of a nearby castle, an extraordinary adventure begins. "--publishers web site. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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