I had trouble with understanding the language and the meaning behind some of this, being that I speak one language, English, I'm sure that is the reasI had trouble with understanding the language and the meaning behind some of this, being that I speak one language, English, I'm sure that is the reason why. Overall I managed to like most of what I read. A coming of age and finding yourself plot for a ya audience. ...more
Enjoyable addition to the Chalet School chronicles. Good to have some newish characters and also the old characters coming together, we have four mainEnjoyable addition to the Chalet School chronicles. Good to have some newish characters and also the old characters coming together, we have four main characters in this novel and it makes this novel a special one. A new mistress at the school, a new student, a child with TB and very ill, and her mother. These characters and the Chalet School community all come together in this novel.
Recommend this to all lovers of this series, also to new readers...more
This diary is about war, yes, but it is about people. The moving of people, either by circumstance, force or need. Moving and movement from village toThis diary is about war, yes, but it is about people. The moving of people, either by circumstance, force or need. Moving and movement from village to village, town to town, from one city to the next, and so on, caused by inhuman acts and human crisis. As told through the eyes of a 12 year old child.
This is not your thrilling, exciting, page turning 5* book, this is a profound, emotional and life changing work that provides us with a documented, reality and accounting of our living times and events.
I say it is worthy of the rating, if only for its truth and present day reality, as this ‘war’ is still ongoing, without any sign of ending.
Yeva began her diary in February 2022 and today it’s July 2023, over a year ago, I hope that Yeva and her grandmother are still happy and settled in Ireland. Like Yeva, I can only send prayers to her, her family and the Ukrainian people, hoping that Ukraine and her people will prevail and those that have left her can one day return to their homeland....more
Hazel Wong's father takes Hazel and Daisy to Europe aboard the Orient Express and just like in the Christie novel a murder takes place. This means thaHazel Wong's father takes Hazel and Daisy to Europe aboard the Orient Express and just like in the Christie novel a murder takes place. This means that Hazel and Daisy are again on the scent, with clues, and suspicious characters all round, they set about solving a murder.
This is another great addition to the Murder Most Unladylike series. So far I have enjoyed books 2&3 more than I did book 1....more
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