Space Chase Summer Reading Challenge 2019

Book 1:

Wave Me Goodbye by Jacqueline Wilson
★★★★★

Wave me goodbye is a story about the war by Jacqueline Wilson. This is one of my favourite books about a determined girl called Shirley. She has to leave her home in London on a train, because the Germans were fighting us in the war. She has a friend that she meets on the train, but they don’t go to the same school and can’t live in the same house. 

Shirley gets to live in a massive house and on the first night doesn’t get enough to eat. She writes a postcard to her mum and says she doesn’t like it. After that, she makes a friend and gets splendid dinners. She and her friend Jessica arrange to meet, but Shirley’s mum comes to try and take Shirley somewhere else. 

Jessica gets sent to Wales to live with her nanny and Shirley tries to stop it, but it happens anyway. Shirley’s other friend runs away with a gun, so they both go to London. They go hitch-hiking and find that Shirley’s dad has come home. Shirley’s dad phones to say they are safe and takes them back the next day on a train. 

I liked this book, because it is an adventurous story and I love adventures. Shirley is my favourite character, because she is imaginative, funny and courageous. She is also kind. 

I also love Jacqueline Wilson so if you like reading books by Jacqueline Wilson or war stories, you will love this book. 

Find your own copy of Wave Me Goodbye at your local library or on Amazon. 

Book 2: 
Opal Moonbaby and the Summer Secret by Maudie Smith
★★★★

This was the second book I read this summer for the reading challenge. I really liked it and read it very quickly. I liked her pet because he has a hamster head, a cat body and wings.