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The Sky Is Falling

The Sky Is Falling

Kit Pearson (Author) See More (2)
Sarah Ellis (Author) See More (6)
CELA Library
The Guests of War
FICTION
Classics | Family | Historical
Classics , General (see also headings under Social Themes) , General
Tundra Book Group
3 - 7
8 - 12

Paperback
9780143192336
$14.99 CADAvailable
English
11/04/2014

Braille
Available from CELA
English

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Description


It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler’s army. When Norah learns that she and her brother Gavin are being sent to Canada, she’s not sure what to expect; she only knows that she doesn’t want to leave her home, her family, or her friends. The rich woman who takes them in prefers Gavin to her, the children at school taunt her—and, as the news from England becomes worse, she longs for home. But as Norah begins to make friends, she discovers a surprising responsibility that might help her accept her new country—and her new situation. Will Norah and Gavin be able to find their way through the shadows of war, even as the sky is falling?

Kit Pearson Sarah Ellis

Author Bio


Kit Pearson est née à Edmonton, en Alberta. Elle a grandi à Edmonton, puis à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. Après avoir fréquenté l’Université de l’Alberta et l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique, Kit a travaillé pendant dix ans en Ontario et en Colombie-Britannique comme bibliothécaire pour enfants. Elle a eu envie d’écrire pour les enfants après avoir fréquenté le Centre d’études sur la littérature pour enfants du collège Simmons, à Boston, au Massachusetts. Ses livres ont été publiés dans plusieurs pays et ont remporté de nombreux prix, incluant le prix du Gouverneur général et le prix d’excellence littéraire du lieutenant-gouverneur de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle habite à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, avec sa partenaire Katherine Farris et leurs deux chiens, Piper et Brio.

SARAH ELLIS is a celebrated author, teacher and children’s literature expert. She has written more than twenty books across the genres, and her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese and Japanese. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award (Pick-Up Sticks) and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (Odd Man Out). Sarah is a masthead reviewer for the Horn Book Magazine, and she is a former faculty member of Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Review Quotes


“Reading Kit Pearson’s The Sky is Falling is like running your hand over a piece of cut velvet. This historical novel for children … is rich in color and texture.” - The Ottawa Citizen

Biographical note


Kit Pearson worked as a librarian for many years before publishing her first novel, The Daring Game (1986). She went on to write the linked novels The Sky Is Falling (1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go On Again (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming (1996), which won the Governor General’s Award. Pearson lives in Victoria, close to Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings in Awake and Dreaming .