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London, 1945. When their house is bombed, 10-year-old Peggy, along with her mum and baby brother Tommy, go to live with her granddad, a difficult old man whom Peggy doesn’t know very well, and who doesn’t seem happy to have them stay. Peggy must go to a new school, where she is ignored by her classmates, and must endure her mother’s worries and her grandfather’s complaints. She meets Spud, a boy who likes collecting shrapnel from bomb sites, but gets mad at him when he wants to dig through the ruins of her house. Lonely and missing her best friend, Norah, Peggy shares her experiences, both happy and sad, with her father, to whom she writes frequent letters. She tells him about things at school, about the arguments between her mother and her grandfather, and about little Tommy.
Although things, both at school and at home, seem very troubled, at times, Peggy discovers that, when they need to, she and her family and friends are strong enough to overcome any adversity.
This is a wonderful story about the courage of the human spirit.
FernFolio Editor