Whistling in the dark /
Hughes, Shirley, 1927-2022,
Whistling in the dark / Shirley Hughes. - First U.S. edition. - 227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Liverpool, 1940: Thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under constant threat from the Nazis' terrifying nightly air raids. Everyone is on edge, faced with strict food rationing, curfews, and blackouts. It's not an easy time to be a teenager. Joan's one solace is going to the movies with her best friend, the unflappable Doreen, but when the bombings intensify, even that becomes too dangerous. There's also the matter of a strange man who Joan sees lurking near their home. Who is he, and why does he think Joan can help him? Even more unsettling, as the Blitz worsens, Joan and her friends make a discovery down by the old mill that will tear the whole community apart. In the hardship of war, everything seems to be rationed except true friendship.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
0763690724 9780763690724
2017958777
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Female friendship--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Military deserters--Juvenile fiction.
War stories.
World War, 1939-1945--England--Liverpool--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Friends and associates--Fiction.
Military deserters--Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.
YA PZ 7 .H87395 / Whi 2017
Whistling in the dark / Shirley Hughes. - First U.S. edition. - 227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Liverpool, 1940: Thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under constant threat from the Nazis' terrifying nightly air raids. Everyone is on edge, faced with strict food rationing, curfews, and blackouts. It's not an easy time to be a teenager. Joan's one solace is going to the movies with her best friend, the unflappable Doreen, but when the bombings intensify, even that becomes too dangerous. There's also the matter of a strange man who Joan sees lurking near their home. Who is he, and why does he think Joan can help him? Even more unsettling, as the Blitz worsens, Joan and her friends make a discovery down by the old mill that will tear the whole community apart. In the hardship of war, everything seems to be rationed except true friendship.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
0763690724 9780763690724
2017958777
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Female friendship--England--Liverpool--Juvenile fiction.
Military deserters--Juvenile fiction.
War stories.
World War, 1939-1945--England--Liverpool--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Friends and associates--Fiction.
Military deserters--Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.
YA PZ 7 .H87395 / Whi 2017