Letters from the Lighthouse: ‘THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION’ Guardian: 1

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This book breaks away from the usual hero’s journey; I would usually expect to see the main characters go through a great deal of change, whilst the supplementary characters remain largely static. I get impatient waiting for my daughter to finish the books so I can read them, and she gets impatient waiting for me to finish so she can talk about them.

I've taken a look at the resource and it seems the letter is included in the 'Light House Keeper's Letters' folder. Pause the film after thelighthousekeeper slams the window shut - what does he think about the people outside the window having fun? I would definitely recommend this for UKS2 to really get to the heart of some really challenging and emotive issues. Writing: English year 6: Pupils should be taught to describe settings, characters and atmosphere, integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action. In this book, the main characters do change, but we see the greatest changes made by the people around them.

It tells the reader about all the difficult times that people faced during the war, such as Kindertransport, Hitler and deciding whether to evacuate your children.

Breaking down your comprehensions into questions is a great strategy to use when pinpointing areas for development with the children in your Year 5 / Year 6 class. By shining a spotlight on supplementary characters’ preconceptions and showing their progression towards change and acceptance, my class were able to connect with the injustices faced by refugees, both in the past and the present, on a far deeper level. In Letters from the Lighthouse, Carroll not only captures the past with an engaging and affecting narrative but shows herself to be a leading historical novelist for children. I felt transported into World War II: the rushing when there was an air-raid siren, why some children wanted to be evacuated and why some children did not, living with rationing and experiencing different lifestyles once evacuated.A beautifully written story about bravery, compassion, understanding, and having the strength to fight for what you believe in. In this book, there were not a lot of illustrations but the ones there were, were thorough and detailed to help visualise the story.

I had no idea the difficulties Jews faced trying to enter our country at such a time and wish that our laws would have done more to help. I enjoyed this book because there were a lot of mysterious things happening and at some points I didn't want to put the book down.At first, Olive is unsure about Esther as she is different to the other children and comes across as cold and uninviting.