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Our Castle by the Sea
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange
9 posts | 6 read | 20 to read
England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, eleven-year old Pet's world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart ...
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erzascarletbookgasm
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange
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A great historical fiction novel set in the beginning of WW2, exploring the effect of war on individuals and families. It highlights the feelings of prejudice and xenophobia, children evacuation, and internment camps. It‘s also part adventure and mystery, as the 12 year old protagonist discovers traitorous spies among the villagers. Well written and captivating.
#TBRtarot #bookbeginswithaprologue
#titlesandtunes #guiltypleasure #middlegrade

Cinfhen Gorgeous cover art and book sounds wonderful 1y
batsy This sounds lovely! 1y
CBee Looks great!! 1y
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erzascarletbookgasm
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange
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#titlesandtunes #guiltypleasure

Besides murder mystery/detective stories, I love reading middle grade books. I‘ll choose the tagged book as it also fulfill #TBRtarot which I have skipped last month.

I‘m also a fan of the 80s music, quite a number of superstars (with influencing fashion styles!) emerged during the time, and I loved watching them all on MTV. When that song is played, I guarantee you will catch me singing along. 🎤 😉

BarbaraBB Great choices Jessie, thanks for playing 💃 1y
Cinfhen Yessssss to all things 80‘s!! Every song pretty much brings back a memory 🎶😁🩷 1y
CBee Love this! I did a dance thing for a talent show in elementary school, set to “We Built this City” 😂🤩 1y
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kateteaching7and8
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I absolutely loved this middle grades #historicalfiction book. It's set in WWII in a small English coastal town. The protagonist is the daughter of the lighthouse keeper and her mother is German. When her mother is sent to an internment camp and her family starts to crumble, Pet must find her inner courage in order to discover what is really happening and save what is left of her family.

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kateteaching7and8
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange

"This war is just like a sea monster, I thought. Sometimes it destroys things violently and openly, and sometimes its tentacles just squeeze in through the cracks of normal life, and it strangles us silently."

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DonnaZ
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange
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The story and the writing held my attention. It was a little contrived. It‘s a quick and easy read.

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scripturient
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This book is wonderful!! It‘s about sisterhood and growing up on the home front during WW2. Highly recommended!

Littlestbookshelf The cover is beautiful!! 6y
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scripturient
Our Castle by the Sea | Lucy Strange
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Started this one today. I‘m only a few pages in but am already loving it. ❤️

Emilymdxn What a gorgeous cover! 6y
Shamzi The pic in itself is gorgeous, lovely background 6y
gradcat Cover is VERY inviting!! As is the landscape in the background! Where is this? (edited) 6y
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LeahBergen This photo 😍😍 6y
scripturient @gradcat This is St Andrews in Scotland. 😊 6y
gradcat Love it...so beautiful! 😍 6y
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scripturient
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New in! This is the Independent Bookseller Association‘s Children‘s Book of the Month. 😍

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I always love seeing your tattoo!!! 📚📚 6y
julesG Oh, it's a children's book? Wouldn't have guessed this on first glance. Haven't seen you around here for a few days. Hope you're well. 6y
OriginalCyn620 Love your tattoo! 👌🏻 6y
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zezeki That is a beautiful cover 😍😍 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Love the cover. 6y
kplovesbooks The tattoo!!!! 😍😍😍😍 6y
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