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1945: The War is ending but how do the evacuees feel about going home?
The Lights Go on Again
What you need to know before your trail
For five years Gavin and his sister Norah have lived in Canada as “war guests.” But now, as 1945 approaches, the war is finally ending, and Gavin and Norah will soon be going back to England Norah, who’s fifteen, is eager to see her parents again, but ten-year-old Gavin barely remembers them. He doesn’t want to leave his Canadian family, his two best friends and his dog.
Then something happens that forces Gavin to make the most difficult decision of his life.
Travel Guide
Canada – back to England
The children in this book were war evacuees and were moved from their homes in England all the way across the ocean to Canada. At the time Norah did not want to go and Gavin was a little young to really know what was going on but they were told it was a kind of adventure. Now the tables have been turned and it’s Gavin who doesn’t want to leave her family home just as Norah didn’t want to leave her family in England
We all hear stories of children being evacuated and fitting in to new environments and new families in new countries. But what happens when they come home?Canada played an important but understated part in the war and this series of books really brings that role to life and shows how the evacuation affected children and their families plus the families which adopted them, for many years to come.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Lights Go on Again
Author/Guide Kit Pearson Destination: Toronto, Romney Marsh Departure Time: WW2, 1945
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