TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flynn, Katie,
TI  - Time to say goodbye
SN  - 9780750540322 (hbk.)
PY  - 2015///, c2014
CY  - Long Preston
PB  - Magna Large Print books
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Evacuation of civilians
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Children
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Large type books
N1  - Complete and unabridged; Firest published in Great Britain by Century in 2014
N2  - It's 1939, and three ten-year-old girls meet on a station platform. Imogen, Rita and Debby all missed the original evacuation and now the authorities are finding it difficult to place them. When Auntie and her niece, Jill, who run the Canary and Linnet Public House, offer to take them in, the billeting officer is greatly relieved. The countryside is heaven to the three little townies, especially after they meet Woody and Josh, also evacuees. They find that by climbing to the top of the biggest tree in the beech wood they have a perfect bird's-eye view of the nearest RAF station and are able to watch the comings and goings of the young fighter pilots as the Battle of Britain rages. Then they find an injured flier and the war becomes a stark reality. As they grow up, love and rivalry enter their lives and, twenty years on, when the girls decide on a reunion, many surprises come to light
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