The Daring Game

Eliza's first year at Ashdown Academy is full of surprises, as she discovers the high cost of friendship when her friend Helen starts the daring game among the five girls in their dorm

Children's Books

Pearson, Kit

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Penguin Global

A Handful of Time

After winding an old watch, Patricia is suddenly transported back in time where she meets her mother as a young girl and uncovers a deep-rooted secret

It is the summer of 1940, and all of England fears an invasion by Hitler’s army. Norah lies in bed listening to the anxious voices of her parents downstairs. 
Then Norah is told that she and her brother, Gavin, are being sent to Canada. The voyage across the ocean is exciting, but at the end of it Norah is miserable. The rich woman who takes them in prefers Gavin to her, the children at school taunt her, and as the news from England becomes worse, she longs for home. As Norah begins to make friends, she discovers a surprising responsibility that helps her to accept her new country.

The Sky Is Falling

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Puffin

Looking At the Moon

Norah, an English "war guest" living with the wealthy Ogilvie family in Toronto, can hardly wait for August. She'll spend it at the Ogilvie's lavish cottage in Muskoka—a whole month of freedom, swimming, adventures with her "cousins"... 
But this isn't an ordinary summer. It's 1943, and the war is still going on. Sometimes Norah can't even remember what her parents look like—she hasn't seen them in three years. And she has turned thirteen, which means life seems to be getting more complicated. Then a distant Ogilvie cousin, Andrew, arrives. He is nineteen, handsome, intelligent, and Norah thinks she may be falling in love for the first time. But Andrew has his own problems: he doesn't want to fight in the war, and yet he knows it's what his family and friends expect of him. What the two of them learn from each other makes for a gentle, moving story, the second book in a trilogy that began with the award-winning The Sky Is Falling.

For five years Gavin and his sister Norah have lived in Canada as "war guests." But now, as 1945 approaches, the war is finally ending, and Gavin and Norah will soon be going back to England 
Norah, who's fifteen, is eager to see her parents again, but ten-year-old Gavin barely remembers them. He doesn't want to leave his Canadian family, his two best friends and his dog. Then something happens that forces Gavin to make the most difficult decision of his life. The Lights Go On Again is the last book in the acclaimed series that began with The Sky Is Falling and Looking At The Moon.

When the Lights Go on Again

Puffin Canada

The experiences of a young girl and her small brother who are evacuated to Canada at the beginning of World War II and find that they will be staying with complete strangers

Theo and her young, irresponsible mother seem trapped in their miserable, poverty-stricken life. Theo dreams of belonging to a “real” family, and her dream seems to come true when she is mysteriously adopted by the large, warm Kaldor family. 
But as time passes, the magic of Theo’s new life begins to fade, and soon she finds herself back with her mother. Were the Kaldors real or just a dream? And who is the shadowy figure who haunts Theo’s thoughts?

Awake and Dreaming (Novel)

Teen & Young Adult

Based on historical events, this moving fictional account of the adventures of two English children in a foreign land has become a favorite among Canadian children-this award-winning trilogy is now available in this omnibus edition. This unforgettable trio of novels by award-winning author Kit Pearson is composed of The Sky is Falling, Looking at the Moon and The Lights Go On Again. The character at the heart of these stories is Norah Stoakes, a young English girl who is sent by her parents to Canada, along with her younger brother, during the Second World War. After five years pass, Norah is comfortable with her new life and country, but when the war ends her brother, Gavin, is reluctant to return to England and to parents he can barely remember.

The Guests of War Trilogy: The Sky is Falling / Looking at the Moon / The Lights Go On Again

This Land : A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

This Land : A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

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Books by Pearson, Kit

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The Daring Game

A Handful of Time

The Sky Is Falling

Looking At the Moon

When the Lights Go on Again

The Sky Is Falling

Looking At the Moon

Awake and Dreaming (Novel)

The Guests of War Trilogy: The Sky is Falling / Looking at the Moon / The Lights Go On Again

This Land : A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers