The strain that young men all over the world felt about being forced into joining a war, being people they don't want to be because they felt the need to protect those they cared about. There is the added pressure of the war and its presence on her family. A girl has a crush on someone much older, how couldn't possibly feel the way she does. This story is a lot of the normal 'growing up' story's. His carefree kindness makes this a rather hard thing to do, especially when she finds her heart having a different plan. A distant Cousin who she hasn't me before is about to come visit, but the glowing admiration for him from everyone in the family makes her decide that he can't possibly be that perfect and that she hats him. Norah loves this cottage more than anything in the world she feels so safe and free. It is summer vacation and they are spending at a cottage in Muskoka. The second book, Looking at the Moon, takes place when Norah has lived in Canada for three years. It's a really easy setting for me to read about and it's fun to know exactly where they are to more extent than just a map. I am finding that I like reading books about Toronto a lot. It's fun to feel the excitement of a kid who's learning about the great parts of Canada traditions. The descriptions of Toronto locations paints a clear picture, expectingly to those of us who know Toronto well. The trip to Canada wasn't an easy one, and then to over hear the wrong words being said by adults doesn't help a kid feel comfortable and welcome. Don't want there friends to think they are cowards or are running away. They know and feel more than there parents understand. This story is very honest about the way a child feels about the danger around them. Life is even harder when she feels that the family she is living with doesn't want her around. She is devastated when her parents decide to send her and her 5 year old brother to Canada to be safe.

She wan't more than anything to be helpful like her older sisters but she is still a child and doesn't realize the full danger that even she can feel. She is ten and all her life all she has know is the war.

It is told from the perspective of Norah. The first book is called The Sky is Falling. The trilogy by Kit Pearson follows the lives of Norah and Gavin Stoakes as they are sent away to Canada when there parents are hoping to save them from the effects world war II is having on England. The Guests of War Trilogy is three books that follow the effects that world war had on two very young children. It effects the every day people who it is happing around to such a great extent that those who haven't been in it don't even understand.

Guests of war trilogy