Wave Me Goodbye

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Evacuees: another subject that I never get tired of reading about! It's just such an interesting situation, ASKING to be dramatised in fiction really. Kids being whisked away from their parents and randomly slotted into other people's families, adjusting to life in the country after growing up in the city, living with total strangers, overcrowded little country villages rationing and making do, resentment and suspicion, everyone secretly terrified and uncertain because of the war.

Shipyard Sally (1939) - Monty Banks - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. I loved this story because I have learnt much about World War 2, so it was really interesting hearing a story of some kids that were actually there. This book inspired me to learn some more about the war and other people’s experiences. I also really like Jacqueline's books because of how they mostly focus on one person and how they are feeling about the world around them. This book is about a 10 year old girl called Shirley. She wakes up one morning to find that she is being evacuated to the countryside with her school. This book is set during World War Two where most children were evacuated to the countryside. Shirley is evacuated to a big house with two boys, Kevin and Archie. In the red house there live two women (Chubby and Mrs Waverly) but the house is unfurnished. In this book you find out the reason for this and many other secrets. Throughout the book, as expected from a novel set in wartime England, there's old time language and what would be considered minor swearing but time appropriate. There's mentions of objects from wartime England and the caricatures depicted the time and theme of the book tremendously. Shirley was a great character and she really earnt a place in my heart over how kind she was and cheeky when necessary!In fact, I think, even if there came a time when I wasn’t being published I would have to write something. It’s become so much part of my life.” Shirley is billeted in the country, with two boys from East End London, Kevin and Archie –and their experiences living in the strange, half-empty Red House, with the mysterious and reclusive Mrs Waverley, will change their lives for ever. What I like about the book: I like the bit in the story when Shirley meets Jessica, as it's nice that they are friends. Beforehand, Shirley doesn't have any friends at all. I think the saddest bit in the story is when Shirley departs on the train, and she leaves her mum waving at her on the platform. I find that bit sad because Shirley doesn't want to leave her mum at all. There was also a really cunning secret when her mum explained about the little trip but didn't explain about being evacuated.

Her 48-year-old daughter Emma is a professor of French literature and film at Cambridge University. The author is incredibly disciplined. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings. You think, if you’re tethered to a bed having treatment all that time and you don’t feel too terrible, best to make the most of it.” My favourite character of the book was Shirley. She was very strong, and she always stood up for people. I also like Chubby because even though the children were quite naughty at times, she didn't mind and she didn't punish them badly. Sometimes Chubby was a bit unfair though. Her favourite child was definitely Archie, and everyone knew that. She was always looking after him much more than Shirley and Kevin.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. Wave me Goodbye is a really emotional book. It made me cry at one point. Its about an evacuee called Shirley. It starts off slow and her life changes . Her mum makes her go on a train to a school called St Agatha Convent so that she is safe but she doesn' want to go. She meets some awful girls on the train but also someone who becomes her best friend. I didn't always like Jessica, I found her a little bit nasty at times, quite self centred and only after her own interests but by the end of the book I was happy to hear she was restored to her nice old self again, like the girl we had met on the train. Jacqueline Wilson writes with humour, insight, compassion and understanding. Her characters all are credible and engaging. Shirley is a 10 year old [2] girl who has short, straight, very dark brown hair with a red ribbon tied on the left, and brown eyes.

It’s no use for me thinking I’ll write just when I feel like writing because I wouldn’t get much done then,” she laughs. An enjoyable read reminiscent of JW’s early books! The ending felt a little flat to me - I felt Mrs Waverleys character could have been developed a little more as well as Shirley’s mother, but this was still an interesting read with some twists and turns. I'm torn between whether this is a 2.5 or a 3.5 read and whether I missed the boat because 'm not 9-12 or whether this book did just have quite a lot of issues. Now I feel like I'm being a bit insensitive, it's interesting for me but was often sad and horrible for them! Must have been incredibly difficult to be separated from your parents at such a young age with no idea whether you'd see them again. And lots never did.The characters are fine, they don’t really change at all, it’s all pretty one note. We do learn about them as time goes on but it’s not really anything interesting. This book made me think about history and want to learn more. My mum's friend races pigeons and and they used to help bring messages in war time we are going to see them and see how they used to do this and how they were trained. 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

It was really fun at points when Archie was running about in the striped jumper and then when they were playing as soldiers and when Shirley showed them her knife. This one is set in WW2 as children were being evacuated to the countryside. I thought it would be quite sad but really it was more silly and predictable. Stephen C. Shafer, British Popular Films, 1929-1939: the Cinema of Reassurance (Oxford: Routledge, 1997), 186. My favourite character is Shirley Smith (The main character) she loves books and can't put them down (like me). She has a very bright imagination, and can imagine any character from any of her books and make them come to life. Sometimes children ask me, ‘How many more books are you going to write?’ I say, ‘As many as I can’.”With [creating] characters I find it quite easy because I made up so many imaginary friends when I was a little girl because I didn’t have any siblings,” says the divorced mother of one.