![]() Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. ![]() ![]() But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. ![]() After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. We weren't even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.February, 1941. ![]() From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. ![]()
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