I didn't think that Kit Pearson would still impact me so strongly as an adult. I read all of her books at a middle school age but before starting to read this one, I assumed that I would not feel the same way about her writing. This was an unfounded assumption. Her style of writing is brilliant -...
Okay, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Usually I'm not one for historical fiction, but Kit Pearson didn't try to drown you in facts about the war- she gave you an interesting look onto the life of a war guest living in Canada during World War II. It's the second book in a trilogy- following "The S...
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 ...
Rating: 3/5My sister always borrowed books from her school library. She laid them around all over the house and they always ended up being forgotten until the day she had to return them. I have always loved Kit Pearson. Growing up, I devoured her novels hungrily and enjoyed immensely the stories ...
The story of Eliza and the girls of her dorm as they attend Ashdown Academy, a private girls' school. Set in Vancouver, 1964/65, this story tells of the growing friendships between Eliza with Helen, Carrie, Jean and Pam. While not a story I would typically read, I enjoyed looking for descriptions...
Kit Pearson’s long-awaited new novel tells the story of the six Bell children, each of them coping in various ways in the aftermath of their mother’s death. Set in the 1950s and seen through the perspective of the middle child, 11-year-old Corrie, Pearson’s story illustrates how a rich fantasy li...
She couldn’t believe that she was back here so suddenly … that the vivid dream was over. She rubbed her forehead, trying to wake up fully. Her hair was damp. She pulled her fingers through it and started to tremble. Her hair was damp because an hour ago she had stuck her head under icy water that...
I’m going to be an aunt—I’m going to be an aunt! she kept telling herself, as if that fact was a pinch to wake herself up. I’m going to have a nephew named Danny. Then sorrow replaced her excitement as she reminded herself that Maud was going to give Danny away. Polly got Rhoda alone as soon as s...
Around her, the rest of the class mumbled their way through the Lord’s Prayer and “God Save the King.” Miss Liers left the piano, returned to her desk and took the roll call. Why did she have to have a last name so far along the alphabet? Norah sat on her hands to stop them from shaking and Dulci...