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I was determined not to re-read The Skylarks’ War before I read The Swallows’ Flight. Asequel has to stand on its own. I have to admit that the cast of characters baffled me at first. I longed for a family tree, and actually began to compile one, when I discovered one at the end of the book. It’s worth referring to till you get the different characters and their relationships sorted, and then the narrative bowls along. Clarry, Peter and Rupert are still there, as strong and lovable adults, but it’s not their story.
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Its many delighted readers have waited anxiously for the sequel, The Swallows’ Flight. Could it possibly be as good? Will we be re-united with the characters that she has so lovingly created for us? This story engaged us from the start, in fact the first part of this book that covers the characters childhood was perfect. We started with the birth of Clarry and then with the loss of one parent and the other three not being interested the three children are pretty much on their own. Such real characters, wonderful descriptions, happiness, sadness and such humour. We loved the descriptions of the perfect summers enjoyed by Rupert and his cousins Peter and Clarry with grandparents who also didn't really want them but gave them the freedom to play outdoors and make their own decisions.
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Skylarks are present throughout the year but most often detected in spring/summer when singing and in autumn during daytime visible migration; noticeably low recording during late summer moult. I also recently blogged about another WWII-related book – Shadow Time Stories by Lilo Beil. What do you think? I think it would work better as a Noel Streatfeild book, with the focus on the home front; lines like "'For those in peril on the sea!' sang the girls, and of course the seas were perilous, that was well known from poetry" feel very Streatfeildian in tone. (Perhaps that's another thing that makes the book feel too contemporary: Streatfeild, after all, didn't write about WWI.)British Trust for Ornithology, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, Tel: +44 (0)1842 750050 Fax: +44 (0)1842 750030
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Kate is the quiet youngest child in a family of six children, assiduously writing her diary. Everyone, she notes, is doing something about the war effort. All she can think of doing is to be extraordinarly brave. The adored honorary uncle, Uncle Rupert, comes and goes, bringing fun and presents. Skylark is among the most well-studied farmland species, and the decline is believed to have been caused by agricultural intensification, in particular the change from spring to autumn sowing of crops, which reduces the number of breeding attempts and also the availability of stubbles during the winter. Actions or policies which provide or encourage a mosaic habitat including some spring sown crops and/or some overwinter stubble would therefore benefit Skylarks. If overwinter survival is a significant driver of the declines, actions which provide overwinter food may also help (e.g. set-aside or cover crops). My favourite character was Clarry because she was so kind and loving. I didn’t like the father because he was cold hearted. I learnt about the education at the time of the book. It was interesting because you could see the home life of citizens during the war. It was a realistic historical fiction book. The plot was gripping, heart-warming, and interesting. The connection the reader (me) made with Clarry really stood out. I loved it and would 100% recommend it. Peter injures his leg when he is young, meaning he cannot enlist at the outbreak of war. He is studious, a fatherly figure for his younger sister, and is determined to do something for the war effort. This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules. UK Birds of Conservation ConcernIt starts, surprisingly and cleverly, in Berlin, in 1931, where 10-year-old Erik is bartering cards for flies to feed two fledgling swallows. His best friend Hans does his best to help him, and for the next 16 yearswe keep in touch with them and their deep friendship. For Hans and Erik, nothing is simpler than their plans for the future. Erik will be head keeper at Berlin zoo, and Hans will have a very expensive pastry stall just outside the gates. Our sympathies and interest are always with them as they grow up.
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I have really enjoyed reading The Skylarks’ War and experiencing the journey of Clarry and her brother. I have a few favourite characters from this story. Clarry is everyone’s favourite character and I too have fallen in love with her. Peter is my second; I love his silly characteristic and his slight pessimistic vibe on occasion. Rupert has to be my absolute favourite as you just cannot help falling in love with this young man. He is portrayed as this idyllic teen and sees the good in almost everything. This is a difficult one because I have two friend who love and adore this book, even to the point where they cried over certain scenes and swear it is the best thing since slice bread, so for me to admit that I did not like it at all is probably going to get me killed. When you do come with your pitchforks, please be gentle with me... The line was the shape of a long, lopsided smile. A ravenous, expectant smile. A greedy, unreasonable smile, considering how very, very well it was fed. I think the fact that I went into this with such high expectations didn’t help either. I’d been hearing great things, only for my excitement to die down the more I continued to read. It’s not that there was anything wrong with it, or anything I hated outright. It was just too slow paced and I didn’t feel like much was happening to keep me invested, not even in the characters we spent so much time with. When the emotional moments came, I felt like I should be cheering or crying with them when in reality I just wanted to get to the end and skim read to it. Hans has two sisters, Lisa and Frieda, who are as annoying to them as sisters always are to two inseparable boys, and there is the ever-present kind, funny Uncle Karl. Erik, in contrast, lives alone with his mother. The English characters
This is such a lovely story, when I was reading it, I could actually imagine it as a film!
What an amazing and moving story. My wife read it first and couldn’t put it down. She kindly passed it on to me and I read it in a day. I am a history teacher and often have issues with books set in the World Wars as the writers tend to make obvious errors but this was beautifully written and I felt captured the mood of the war years. From the time of the [story], I learnt that soldiers were tagged so they know who they were if they died.
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