London Calling

London Calling by Edward Bloor is a story about Martin Conway, a seventh grader at All Souls middle school. A bad experience at the end of the school year leaves Martin not wanting to return the next year. Strange things happen to Martin that summer starting with the unusual calls from his grandmother asking him if he would help Jimmy. Martin has no idea who Jimmy is. After Martin's grandmother passes away he inherits her old radio. The first night Martin plugs in the radio and goes to sleep, he wakes up to meet Jimmy an eight year old English boy. Martin discovers the radio will transport him through time to 1940 London in the middle of the World War II bombings. Martin has one question to answer: What did you do to help? This is one of those books that I start reading and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I felt unsure for several reasons, but somewhere after the halfway point I started to really like the book and by the end it was hard not to cry because I was deeply touched. It is without a doubt worth the time to read this book.
Happy Reading!
Mrs. B.