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    Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
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    Uprooted - A Canadian War Story

    By Lynne Reid Banks

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    About this ebook

    From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room comes a fascinating story of a wartime childhood, heavily influenced by her own experience.

    In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy, waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada, along with her Mother and her cousin Cameron. They may be far from the war but they are also far from home and everyone they know and love. Life in Canada is very different but it is also full of exciting new adventures…

    This captivating story is inspired by Lynne Reid Banks’ own childhood experience and her time in Canada.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateAug 28, 2014
    ISBN9780007589449
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    Uprooted - A Canadian War Story
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    Lynne Reid Banks

    Lynne Reid Banks is a best-selling author for children and adults. Her classic children’s novel ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’ has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. She was born in London in 1929 and worked as an actress, writer and TV news reporter. Lynne has written thirty books: her first, ‘The L-Shaped Room’, was published in 1960. She now lives in Dorset, where she continues to write. Lynne says that writing for children comes much more easily than writing for adults.

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      I was lucky to receive an ARC from a Book Expo America promotion and really enjoyed reading this story. Based on the author's own experiences as a child, this is the story of Londoner Lindy, her mother, and her cousin Cameron who are sent off to Canada in 1940 to escape the war. It is written as a chapter book and I think the reading level would be middle school - although I'm not sure how many American kids will appreciate this British/Canadian story. I do think it would be a great fit for a history lesson to learn what WWII was like for those who were uprooted and sent abroad. (And, it would make a lovely, family friendly movie, I think!) Lindy and her family often have to rely on the kindness of others during their journey to and life in a foreign land, which is a sweet reminder of how nice people can be - even those who have very little of their own to share. As nice as many of the adults are, the kids have to deal with new schools where their language and accent is not the same. Some of the terms they marvel at surprised me. They also visit America and New York City at one point and wonder at Americans' general lack of interest in the war before we were involved. My mother also read this and liked it as well. I think it's a great story for all ages and would even make an interesting book club read for tweens, teens and adults (what adult doesn't like a nice easy YA read from time to time?) . Young people may be amazed that the family spends summer vacation at a cabin by a lake with no electricity and I can see this as a nice multi-generational read with grandparents sharing their memories of that time period.