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Author: Sheila Garrigue

📘 All the children were sent away by Sheila Garrigue

The story follows an eight‑year‑old British girl who is part of a large evacuation program during World War II. She and other children are sent to Canada to escape the dangers of the war in their homeland. Confronted with unfamiliar surroundings and the absence of familiar family and friends, the girl wrestles with deep feelings of loneliness and fear as she adjusts to a new country and a new life far from Britain.

First publish date: 1976

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Sheila Garrigue

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