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In 1945, after living in Canada for five years to escape the war in Europe, ten-year-old Gavin and his fifteen-year-old sister Norah face the prospect of returning home to their family in England with radically different emotions.Tags
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This book was also very interesting because it had alot of description like the last book, Looking At the Moon. There is a sad part in this book but you will have to read it to find out what it is.
gavin has a very difficult decision to make. i lived in england from 1948-1953. we were very poor and hungry. we didn't have a bathtub. we had to walk to the grocery shops everyday with our ration book and stand in line at every store and take what was available. when we moved to canada i couldn't believe the grocery stores and buses and milkshakes!
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Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Dedication
- For Ian
- First words
- The large boy hulked in front of Gavin on th sidewalk, blocking his way.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I miss you very much and I miss Canada. I am being very brave.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .P32314 .L — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.82)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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