Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll

‘It will be the most incredible book you’ve ever read. It has secret, mystery and suspense, how could you not like this?’ Roman, age 11 ‘Buy this book because it has lots of action, mystery and tragedy.’ Joshua, age 10 ‘I recommend that you buy this book now!!’ Hugo, age 11 ‘Carroll sews together accessible history with a cracking plot and a character to love in the strong, principled Olive.’ The Times, Children’s Book of the Week And then she finds a strange coded note which seems to link Sukie to Devon, and to something dark and impossibly dangerous. Her older sister Sukie went missing in an air raid, and she’s desperate to discover what happened to her. But he’s not used to company and he certainly doesn’t want any evacuees.ĭesperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post-girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers. Letters from the Lighthouse is Emma's sixth novel she has also written the highly-acclaimed Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood, The Snow Sister and Strange Star. But hes not used to company and he certainly doesnt want any evacuees. About the author (2017) Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher for many years. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast.

We weren’t even meant to be outside, not in a blackout, and definitely not when German bombs had been falling on London all month like pennies from a jar.įebruary, 1941. The book is set in February 1941 in London and Devon during WW2.

We weren’t supposed to be going to the pictures that night. Letters from the Lighthouse is a book by Emma Carrol.

From the queen of historical fiction, Letters From the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll is a stunningly evocative wartime drama, and sure to keep you breathlessly reading to its very last page.

Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll