However, parents should know that Maddie still uses a slur; it would be worth warning a child that this isn't acceptable language. It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister.

My Secret War Diary by Flossie Albright (written and

She is relieved when she finds that she can be a "girlfriend" AND a "girl friend" without having to sacrifice her personality or free spirit. its a good book it explains to you why the father has top leave tot he army and the little girl doesn't understand why he has to leave. This is my second Dear America reread as an adult, after loving the series as a kid, and this novel was exactly the book I was hoping it would be!My Secret War" takes a long and intriguing look at a different aspect of World War II - those who stayed behind in America. This mixture of fiction and non-fiction is a clever technique used by Marcia Williams to engage the reader. It is a diary-style book that tells the story of a girl named Madeline Beck who lives in a boarding house with her mother in 1941 (her father is a soldier guarding the Pacific Coast in WWII). The first bit of the book is pretty much her talking about day to day life, trying to make friends, trying to not be jealous when Johnny goes out with someone else, sort of gossiping about the people she lives with. She starts bringing the children food, instinctively sensing the need for secrecy, even with her mother.

My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright | BookTrust

From the first evacuees arriving to her sweetheart's being killed in Normandy in 1944, Flossie has to endure much hardship. late elementary, early middle school, I'd say, the author did a good job of balancing the truth of the time without making it too depressing. I got up, I took a warm shower, I had eggs and bacon for breakfast, I was about to go to work and turned on the wireless. I also came over this book by in Year 4 we were learning about WW2 and we only read the first few pages of the book but I loved the fold out cards so my mum bought it online and I just sat on the sofa and got to page 100 and just stopped ( I don’t know why) because it’s lovely (of course not the sad parts) I would recommend this book from 8- whatever age (I think I liked the book when I was younger because she was my age. Most years, the commemorations for Victory over Japan (VJ) Day on 15 August pass quite unnoticed by the general public.

This book is for grades 3-7, however if they don't know cursive writing yet then the students are going to have a difficult time reading this book. Marcia Williams follows a young girl's coming of age during World War II in a moving fictional journal that includes the author's own family mementos. We follow Flossie during pre-war when there are rumors of war, during the days of war when there are refugees, shortages, bombings, and ups and downs, and finally to the end of war with celebrations, homecomings, and coming to terms with those that won't be coming home.