The sheer wealth of fine characters, such as Queenie or Mr Ephraim: the local lighthouse keeper, are a joy to explore as a reader and this highlights how skillful Emma Carroll is as an author. The sleepy village the children now call home has it’s share of secrets and many centre around the lighthouse and how it may link to Sukie’s sudden disappearance. Emma Carroll carefully crafts the tale to show how the frustrations of Olive and Cliff would simmer, while introducing someone with even more heartache and upheaval in the form of the spikey Ester (by far my favourite character). However, before they can find any answers they are sent to the coast for safety. Her and her brother are shell-shocked at events that mean their older sister Sukie goes missing or is even dead. The story starts with a mystery with a tragic end that introduces us to our guide of wartime Britain: Olive. Letters From The Lighthouse presents ordinary people striving to help each other during an extraordinary time.Įmma Carroll has created perfect characters in that they will be timeless and their adventures with peril will be shared for years, decades even, to come. Like many stories of World War II, such as Rose Blanche and Friend or Foe, the viewpoint of those youngest is maybe the most interesting and definitely the most relevant for a child to read about.
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