Under a War-Torn Sky (30 page)

Could anything ever wash away the memories of ships exploding and burning while survivors clung to the wreckage?

As evacuees from Blitz-stricken London, Charles and his little brother Wes have survived a deadly journey across the Atlantic to reach the safety of America. Yet Charles is overcome by guilt that, back home, his friends and family are fighting on without him, while Wes is haunted by terrifying nightmares.

Together, they struggle to come to terms with their new life on a family farm – where German prisoners of war work side by side with them in the fields.

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by Mary Ann Rodman

Ellie counted the days on the kitchen calendar. October 2nd was a Saturday. Twenty-one days until Jimmy had to go. That was a long time. Maybe the war would be over by then. But the days slipped by as fast as the trees shed their leaves. And the war didn't end.

Ellie hates the stars proudly displayed in her neighbours' windows: a blue one for every man gone to serve in the war, a gold one for every man who will never return.

She doesn't want a star – all she wants is for her big brother Jimmy to stay safely at home. But then Jimmy is called up, and Ellie can only desperately hope that his star never turns gold.

“a candidate for the status of ‘modern classic' …profoundly moving”
Primary Times

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First published in the UK in 2005

Copyright © 2001 by L.M. Elliott

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