Autumn 1939 and London prepares to evacuate its young. In No 5 Jubilee Street, Bermondsey, ten-year-old Connie is determined to show her parents that sheтАЩs a brave girl and can look after her twin brother, Jessie. She wonтАЩt cry, not while anyoneтАЩs watching.
In the crisp Yorkshire Dales, Connie and Jessie are billeted to a rambling vicarage. Kindly but chaotic, Reverend Braithwaite is determined to keep his London charges on the straight and narrow, but the twins soon find adventures of their own. As autumn turns to winter, ConnieтАЩs dearest wish is that war will end and they will be home for Christmas. But this Christmas Eve there will be an unexpected arrival...
Praise for The Evacuee Series:
тАШA heart-warming readтАЩ My Weekly
тАШA delightful, nostalgic readтАЩ Woman
'This delightful read captures a sense of nostalgia and weaves together the dramas of a cast of heart-warming charactersтАЩ Woman
Katie King is a new voice to the saga market. She lives in Kent, and has worked in publishing. She has a keen interest in twentieth-century history and was inspired by a period spent living in South East London.