When the Sirens Wailed

by Noel Streatfeild

Book Overview

When World War II started, everybody was terrified that the enemy would bomb London to ruins, and thousands of children were sent to homes in the country. The three Clark children were sent to Dorset.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394831470
• ISBN13: 9780394831473
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

WWII Childrens Novel

A touching look at the lives of three small children who are evacuated from London during WWII. The sibling are moved into a grand old country home and must struggle with a different way of life, even as they miss their parents desperatly. Streatfield -- who lived in London for the duration of the war -- vividly conveys wartime England, in all its stress and drama and her protagonists are touchingly human, with all their worries and confusion over gas masks and nazis. A must read for any child with an interest in history.

An involving child's-eye view of WWII

Growing up, I was positively addicted to Noel Streatfield's well-known "Shoes" series, thanks to its ability to speak to the interests and dreams of a child. "When the Siren Wailed" provides a perspective of WWII uniquely suited to a child, by telling it from the point of view of the English children who understood blackout curtains and bomb shelters, but not much else about the chaos around them. I think I may have read it as much as three times, though that was many years ago. Highly recommended as an exciting and informative read for kids.

An involving child's-eye view of WWII

Growing up, I was positively addicted to Noel Streatfield's well-known "Shoes" series, thanks to its ability to speak to the interests and dreams of a child. "When the Sirens Wailed" provides a perspective of WWII uniquely suited to a child, by telling it from the point of view of the English children who understood blackout curtains and bomb shelters, but not much else about the chaos around them. I think I may have read it as much as three times, though that was many years ago. Highly recommended as an exciting and informative read for kids.