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Wave Me Goodbye

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Wave Me Goodbye by Jacqueline Wilson, and Nick Sharratt

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By Jacqueline Wilson, and and, Nick Sharratt

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She doesn’t know where she’s going, or what’s going to happen to her when she gets there.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.

Reviews

08 Oct 2023

Really wanted to love this but thought the ending was disappointing.

24 Sep 2023

i recomend

17 Sep 2023

This story is about a 10-year old girl called Shirley who gets evacuated to another country. She really misses her mum and dad but when the war is over they might be together again.

04 Sep 2023

It was such a good book, I even read it in the bath!

01 Sep 2023

I think It needs a bit more detail

31 Aug 2023

Loved the book.

27 Aug 2023

OMG!I Loved This Book! 10000/5! Had Me Reading!

22 Aug 2023

Love this book.

01 Aug 2023

The story was fiction. The main character was Shirley and she was really nice to people and brave.

I think everyone should read this story

28 Jul 2023

I love the tragedy of this story it is by my favourite author

22 Jul 2023

I like how it's to do with history.

08 Jul 2023

I thought that it was eneternaining because it was about evacuees from the World War and im very interested on that topic. Also, Jacqueline Wilson is a fantastic writer. My favourite character was probably the main character, Shirley because she was loyal, brave an kind.

28 Jun 2023

it was a bit sad at pionts

09 Oct 2022

This book is very interesting. It’s a fiction book all about war of Germany 🇩🇪 VS England.I love Chubby,their new nanny when the are evacuated to the country for safety.Shirley(the girl who has been evacuated) is not really excited. But to her surprise, she and her ‘friend’ run away to London and meet their parents.

11 Sep 2022

soo emotional.

31 Aug 2022

I thought this was a fantastic book and really showed the kindness and friendship the world had. My favourite character was Shirley because no matter what happened to her she always stood up for who & what she believed in.

27 Aug 2022

As we have previous learned about the World Wars and the affects that it had on everyday people, this particular perspective of these young children evacuated into these temporary family interested me, especially the thoughts of the main character,including wanting to know about her family; wanting to understand the strange, mysterious owner that had welcomed them into her home, and wanting to explore the small village and try her best to fit in her "new world."

10 Aug 2022

This is a fictional book based in the second world War. The main character who's name name is Shirley has to be evacuated from the busy city in London to a small village in the countryside, she moves in with to women called Mrs waverly and her assistant , chubby. Shirley had two boys living with her who's names were Archie and Kevin , read as they embark on journeys and adventures. Perfect for fans of hetty feather

09 Aug 2022

It was very boring in some parts. It could’ve been improved by making it a little easier to understand the writing. It is about a girl who is evacuated by the war and separated from her mother. It gets quite sad and some parts. I would recommend this book for history lovers.

08 Aug 2022

made me feel sad and then happy so interesting

04 Aug 2022

good, funny and intruiging

01 Aug 2022

There was a girl who was evacuated because of the war and went to live with two women along with two other evacuees. This book was fiction and I would reccomend it to someone else. I liked Shirley the best.

26 Jul 2022

Nice

25 Jul 2022

I think that Shirley is really brave to be going to an almost abandoned house with hardly anthing to sleep on. I was stuck in the book when I read the part where she runs back home to her parents with Kevin. I would recommend it to people who enjoy historical fiction.

24 Jul 2022

I loves this book I would recommend it.

24 Jul 2022

I think it was a great story

21 Jul 2022

This has to be one of my favourite books. I love it especially because it is set in the olden days

21 Jul 2022

This book is amazing, It’s set in WW2 which makes this educational as well as interesting

17 Jul 2022

I really enjoyed reading wave me goodbye it is fiction and is based on the world war 2 .My favourite character was Jessica because even though she and Shirley went to different schools she tried her best to keep their friendship and met in town nearly every Saturday. I would definitely recommend this book to other people.

08 Jul 2022

Was brilliant

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