A Little Girl's War
BIOGRAPHICAL CHILDREN'S FAMILY MEMOIR YOUNG ADULT WAR
1940s & '50s
Wendy Appleton
Logline
Wendy ran home through the streets of Bexleyheath with the air-raid siren wailing, her little gas mask box bumping against her hip. Just as she reached her front gate a Spitfire spiralled out of the air and crashed into the school field at the road. You never forget a moment like that.
Genre
Biographical, Children's, Family, Memoir, Young Adult, War
Short Summary
Growing up in Bexleyheath in the Second World War, bombs, air-raid sirens and fear were all Wendy had ever known. Here through the eyes of a small child, we see family life on the Home Front in 1944 in its entirety - from bombed-out houses to burnt potato peelings, from maths lessons and classroom a
Setting
Bexleyheath, Kent, Padiham, Lancashire UK
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Voyage and Return
Plot - Other Elements
Happy Ending
Mature Audience Themes
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Main Character Details
Name: Wendy
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Adventurous
Additional Character Details
Name: Brian
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Adventurous
Additional Character Details
Name: Thelma
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Aspiring, Empathetic, Insecure
Additional Character Details
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