14/30
Listen to the moon
Michael Morpurgo
Historical fiction
Historical fiction
The wheatcroft family live on a small island called Bryher. One day Alfie and his dad, Jim, are out fishing and they heard a funny noise. At first they thought it was just birds screeching but the they heard a coughing noise and what sounded like crying. They went over to the deserted island and heard that it was coming from, what the locals call, the pest house. They pull all the bracken and other weeds away and go in. They find a girl around about Alfie's age (10,11,12) and see that she is cut and bruised all over and very pale. Alfie's dad picks her up and takes her back to the boat while Alfie has already rushed back and set up the boat, ready to go. They take her back to their island and find that there is a crowd forming on the shore for them. Alfie's mother, Mary, has carried the girl over onto the beach and lay her down on the sand. The girl is unconscious and hasn't talked but she came into consciousness and said one word, Lucy, before going unconscious again so they call her Lucy Lost. They take her back to their farm and get her nice and warm. the doctor has come over and said to feed her lots and make sure she has lots to drink and stays warm in bed. Because she can't or won't talk no one knows anything about her and how she got there. In some chapters it tells her life from her viewpoint telling the reader how she got to where she was. Some islanders believe she is a german so they are not talking to her or the wheatcrofts and turn their back on them whenever they are near. Lucy and the wheatcrofts go through a rough time.
I recommend this book for ages 10+ and I rate it 91/2 /10.
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