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Exiles From The War: The War Guest Diary Of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940 (2010)

by Jean Little(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0545986176 (ISBN13: 9780545986175)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Scholastic Canada

review 1: World War II has just started and Charlotte Twiss' parents have decided to open their home to British war children. During that time thousands of British children came across the ocean to escape the German bombing. It wasn't long until Jane Browning came into their home. Across the street her brother Sam stayed with good friends of Charlotte. Charlotte's diary is a recount of the first year with the Brownings; the ups as well as the downs. Watching these exiles struggle with a new land and new ways, she comes to eventually see them as family.While this book was a real eye-opener (I knew about children in England being sent into the country, my own grandmother was sent to a Welsh family to leave Dover during the war), but I hadn't realised as many as thousands came to Canad... morea. As an immigrant myself, I know how hard it would have been for those little boys and girls. It would be even harder for those children as they were in homes with complete strangers.My only reason for giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is that I found the author didn't explain a lot of the information she gave. If she wasn't going to explain the important historical details- don't put them. The exception was Dunkirk. She did a wonderful job with that.Overall, lovely little book for little girls. Or 27 year-old women who can't get enough of the Dear Canada books.
review 2: My favourite thing about this book was that it was told from the perspective of the host, not the war guests themselves. It made for an interesting read because it's more common to see the entire situation from the kids who were being sent away from home, not the ones who were opening their homes to those kids. Also, showing the varying degrees these kids were treated and how different their reactions could be made the book even better- it truly showed the extent of how unideal an answer it was. less

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