num_pages: 248
description: It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler’s army. Norah lies in bed listening to the anxious voices of her parents downstairs. Then Norah is told that she and her brother, Gavin, are being sent to Canada. The voyage across the ocean is exciting, but at the end of it Norah is miserable. The rich woman who takes them in prefers Gavin to her, the children at school taunt her, and as the news from England becomes worse, she longs for home.As Norah begins to make friends, she discovers a surprising responsibility that helps her to accept her new country.
language: English
title: The Sky Is Falling
titlecomplete: The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Canadian Literature, Canada, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 3723
series: Guests of War
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Vlag en Wimpel Griffeljury, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Puffin Canada