Wave Me Goodbye

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Stephen C. Shafer, British Popular Films, 1929-1939: the Cinema of Reassurance (Oxford: Routledge, 1997), 186. Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. [3] It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. [4] Cast [ edit ] I definitely recommend everyone to read it because it was a lovely, heart-felt story. It had everything a good book needed and every chapter left me wanting to read more and more. I would rate it a 9/10 because the only problem with it is the fact you can’t stop reading. Enjoyable, easy read- can never go wring with a children's book, particularly if it's written by Jacqueline Wilson.

Wilson has an incredible ability to inhabit her child characters so precisely and Wave Me Goodbye will be like Nina Bawden's Carrie's War for a new generation of children learning about our country's past Belfast Telegraph

Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain’s bestselling and most beloved children’s authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold. As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. Her 48-year-old daughter Emma is a professor of French literature and film at Cambridge University. The author is incredibly disciplined. No matter how many books you have out, it’s always quite exciting when you have a new one. When you go in to a bookshop you can’t help having a little glance to see if it’s out on the table,” she laughs. Sometimes children ask me, ‘How many more books are you going to write?’ I say, ‘As many as I can’.”

Simply the best. Truly brilliant Sun Jacqueline Wilson has written another amazing book. If you love Tracy Beaker then you'll certainly enjoy this too CBBC News Does she ever take a break? “No, I should, and friends and family say, ‘Oh, for goodness sake, just enjoy yourself’. I’ve done it for two or three days occasionally but I feel restless. I know it sounds completely mad but there’s nothing to think about when I’m doing something boring. I would miss writing, terribly, if I didn’t still write books. I found this book really realistic, and it helps if you are learning about evacuees and the second world war. I recommend this book to 8, 9, 10, and 11 year olds.

I have read many books by this author and have enjoyed them immensely, but this book rose above them all for one specific detail: the history. Not only this, but the way the emotion has been captured and written to perfection enhances the quality of the picture you get in your head when reading. Certain sections of this book are very emotional, such as when Shirley has run away to find a special visitor at her house (you'll have to read the book to find out what I mean!) Occasionally, but in this genre more often than not, you come across tragedy. Coming into this book I realised the element of tragedy would be common, considering the subject matter, but this area which most children are upset by has been carefully written by Jacqueline. She has made all of the history seem real without feeling threatening. I know quite a bit about World War I and II from school and from ancestors with war connection but reading this has shown how the war effected not just several countries, but individual ordinary people. If I had the chance to find out more about war and how it affected people, I would take it. This was the first Wilson novel I'd read, so I was unsure what to expect. What I found was wonderful: a spell-binding and meaningful story about a girl's search for her mother -- Laura Dobbie Waterstones.com