The Sky Is Falling

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Summary: One of the best, most touching books around..
Review: Although it is an unseemingly lucky, quickly paced and resolved story it is among the best children books written and as an adult, I can still read it and enjoy the sadness and earnestness in which the story is told. It goes back in time to World War II where the actual length of the war was unknown and where Hitler was a figure and power seemingly capable of anything. In the midst of this world finds a familt of four, Muv, Dad, Norah and Gavin. The star of the story, Norah, 10, is a headstrong tomboy who thinks it is cowardly to be sent away to the safer haven of Canada. Her brother Gavin, a sweet five year old, doesn't know what's happening. As Norah declines more and more into her misery and becomes a part of the Guest War family that happen to be powerful aristocrats, she forgets her fateful promise to her parents "Take care of Gavin." Aunt Florence, the woman who tries to model Gavin after her own dead son and had a sort of worship to the young boy has a huge personality clash with Norah. Among other this makes Norah more withdrawn, proud and stubborn than ever.

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Summary: Best novel ever!!:)
Review: Have you ever wondered how to explain about the War, and the happenings to your children? Well Kit Pearson, Vancouver BC Author explains it in a clear and precise manner through her book, the Sky is Falling.

The World War 2 has several of children, including Norah and Gavin, and then all of their friends going to Canada, and other ares that will allow for them to remain safe during the War time, Norah; however, was wanting to stay in Conventry along with her Uncle, and Aunt, but her mother said no, you will go with the other children, and stay safe with them, and then you can come back when it is over.

If you want to find out more about Gavin and Norah's Adventure, please read the book, and you will find out more. I don't want to say anymore, because I don't want to ruin the book for everyone!

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Summary: Hmm.....
Review: I had to read this book for reading class. At first I thought, I really hate history and I don't want to read this. Then I started to read it and then I thought ok, I don't like it that much. Personally, I didn't enjoy the book as much as I thought I would, and I wouldn't read the sequals because I didn't like the first book. I wouldn't give this book a 0, and probably not 1, but a 3 would be WAY to good for this book, so I'm giving it 2 stars. I do not reccomend this book if you don't absoulutly love history!
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Summary: The Sky Is Falling.
Review: Norah and Gavin ,two english war guests,Are living with Florence Ogalvie and her daughter Mary.Aunt Florence is a little ignorant to Norah.Aunt Florence adores Gavin though.Aunt Mary is very nervous of her mother,she cares for Norah because Aunt Florence refuses.Gavin starts to get used to the Olgalvies.Norah wishes that she had stayed home in England.What ever will happen next?

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Summary: The sky WILL fall if you don't read this book!
Review: Set in WWII era England and Canada, the sky is falling is a poignant coming of age story during one of the toughest times in history. The story is told through the eyes of Norah, a ten year old English girl who is growing up in her war pocked country. To her great dismay she and her younger brother are sent away to Canada to live with some elderly sister in order to keep them safe from the bombs that are dropping in England everyday. Her parents only want to keep her safe but Norah feels betrayed by her parents for sending her away, and feels extremly lonely in this new country where no matter how hard she tried could not manage to fit in. The book follows Norah through her struggle to be accepted in Canada and to come to terms with her own feelings about being sent away from her native country and the idea tha one can find home wherever they go. The Sky is Falling combines a wonderful coming of age story that would be interesting for any young adault, and a really vivd picture of what life was like for the people of Canada and England during WWII. This is a must for anyone who wants a great story and a little bit of history.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: The first of a trilogy, The Sky is Falling is about a 10 year old girl from England named Norah who is evacuated to Canada along with her 5 year old brother named Gavin. Gavin appears to like his new country and new home and he's cuddled by the Ogilvies while Norah is despised everywhere she goes. A superb written book with excellent description of the Characters, Places, and sarroundings making you believe that you've been at the exact place before. One of Pearson's best written books.

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Summary: The BEST BOOK to tell children about war guests
Review: The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson is a very good book. The main character is ten-year-old Norah Stoakes, who lives in England in 1940, during World War Two. She loves living in England, and she and her friends have a secret club called the Skywatchers, who watch the sky for enemy planes. But then Mr. and Mrs. Stoakes decide that it would be best to send Norah and her five-year-old brother, Gavin, to live in Canada until the war is over. Norah is upset, but she is sent to Canada anyway. She and Gavin get sent to live with the Ogilvies, a rich mother and daughter that live in Toronto. The children are told to call them Aunt Mary and Aunt Florence. They prefer Gavin, because all they wanted was a boy. Norah hates it in Canada. She has no friends, because in school she is considered a coward. She is miserable. Will Norah ever grow to like Canada? Will she and Gavin ever see England again? This book was interesting, and the ending was surprising. It taught me about what it was like to be an English evacuee in Canada during World War Two.

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Summary: The Sky Is Falling
Review: The Sky is Falling is a wonderful children's book by Canadian authouress Kit Pearson. It is the heart wrenching story of ten year old Norah and her brother Gavin, who flee England in the midst of the second World War. Gavin is too young to understand what is happening to him, but Norah knows perfectly well what is happening to her, her parents are shipping her off to some place called Canada, to live with people that she doesn't know in a place she has never visited. My reccomendation is to read it and buy it.

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Summary: Part One Of The Trilogy
Review: This is an exciting book about Norahs and her younger brothers (Gavin) trip from there home in England to Canada. The voyage across the ocean is exciting, but at the end of it Norah becomes more and more miserable. The rich woman in Toronto who takes them in prefers Gavin to her, the children in school taunt her, and as news from England becomes worse, she is filled with numbing homesickness. But as Christmas approaches and Norah begins to make friends, she discovers a surprising responsibility that helps her to accept her new country. This is the first of the trilogy