This is a well crafted story and lovely to read. I was reading this while also listening to The Book Thief, the German side of war. Very powerful to read together. You can see the research that it took to create this story. Real people blended with fictional characters to create a life in London and the country side during World War II. I would have high school seniors reading this one. It's a good read. I would say at least read book 2 first so that the reader has prior knowledge of the family background and why they were exiled from their small kingdom and landed in England.
