![]() ![]() ![]() Why: There is much to unpack in this beautifully written, atmospheric novel - it blends mystery, intrigue and family dynamics with a protagonist, Pet, who starts out quiet and timid but because of the extraordinary circumstances she gets thrown into, becomes a lass of steely resolve by the novel’s end. ![]() It is up to Pet to muster every ounce of courage to uncover the truth and do what she can to set things right. Mags becomes increasingly secretive and evasive, and her pa is distracted and distant. Mutti, a German immigrant, is packed off to an internment camp for “enemy aliens” as a matter of national security. Unlike her spirited sister, Pet isn’t particularly brave and is given to believing in myths and legends.Īs war encroaches upon their small community, Pet’s family gets caught up in a plot that threatens to tear them apart. Twelve-year-old Petra (Pet) and her family - older sister Magda (Mags), her pa and mother (Mutti) - are lighthouse keepers in the coastal village of Stonegate. What: It’s 1939, and England is on the cusp of World War II. ![]() Her first book, The Secret of Nightingale Wood, received high praise and her second, Our Castle by the Sea, is the subject of this review. Who: After stints as an actor, singer and storyteller, Lucy Strange became a secondary school teacher and writer of middle-grade historical fiction. ![]()
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