The Day The War Came by

The Day The War Came by

Reviewed by: Connie Smith - Breakwater School, Portland, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 13, 2018

Review

This book was inspired by a poem that Nicola Davies wrote about news of refugee children being denied welcome in the United Kingdom. Nicola helped to begin a project called #3000 chairs in order to bring attention to their plight.

This story shows the experience of a single refugee giirl and how, throuogh a simple act of kindness, refugee children can maintain hope for a beter life.

A young regfugee girl finds her way to a school only to be told that there "There is no room for you, you see. There is no chair for you to it on. You have to go away." And she understood then that the war had gotten here too." She returns to her hut on a corner and crawls beneath her blanket. Soon there is a banging on the door and a child's voice said. "I brought you this, so you can come to school. My friends have brought chairs too, so all the children here can come to school." A touching and very poignant story of a child who has lost everything to the war and yet, throught the kindness of a peer, is able to maintain hope. This story was inspired by true events.

Overall Book Score: excellent


About the Book

Author:

Davies, Nicola

Illustrator: cobb, Rebecca

Illustration Quality: very good

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Book Type: Choose Book Type

Genre: historical fiction

Audience: all ages

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9781536201734

Price: 16.99