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Wish Me Luck
By Heneghan, James
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-453-1
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1997
Gr 5-8 Jamie Monaghan knows about the war with Hitler from the BBC and through adult conversations; he feels it primarily from food rationing. That is, until the Luftwaffe begins bombing Liverpool three weeks before the boy's 13th birthday, and he is sent on a government-sponsored evacuation to Canada. On the same ship are Jamie's classmate, Tom Bleeker, and his younger sister, Elsie. The two boys share little but their Irish background and a grudging respect. Five days after lea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
