When it comes to a balanced view about the war, it is Aunt Catherine’s opinion that I pay attention to. And the cost of the war is getting higher and higher as gas is rationed and lives are lost. After three years together with Norah and Gavin the whole Drummond clan is reluctant to think about having to send them back, even though everyone wants the war to end. Norah begins to realise that going home to England after the war may be her dream while is simultaneously Gavin’s nightmare. The tale of Norah falling in love for the first time just as her body is beginning to mature is poignant and wistful, capturing the intricacies and complexity of the developing female heart with precision.īut there is also so much more going on in the story. Suddenly the love songs on the radio make sense, and Norah begins to dream about a future with Andrew where she helps him become a dedicated war hero. Despite their six year age gap and no interest in anything other than friendship on Andrew’s part, Norah’s love transforms her. Norah is putting aside childhood activities in favour of grown-up ones, and finds herself falling in love with Andrew, the nineteen year-old favoured young man of the Drummond clan. Through Norah’s thirteenth summer Pearson creates a vivid and honest snapshot of what life as a teenage girl is like. While it is the middle book in the Guests of War trilogy, it is the book I read first, and though it is connected to the others as it is a mere piece of the story of Norah and Gavin, it has the ability to stand alone. Review: I have lost track of how many times I have read Kit Pearson’s Looking at the Moon. This summer marks her departure from childhood, her first experience with romantic love and her realisation that in the face of war, being a grown up means making tough decisions. But after three years away from her home in England and her family, Norah is now a teenager dealing with a changing body and emotions.
Gairloch, a Muskoka cottage, is their home for the summer, and along with guardians Aunt Florence and Aunt Mary, Gavin and Norah are absorbed into the Drummond clan. Summary: Living as a guest of war in Canada with her little brother Gavin during World War II, Norah Stoakes is a thirteen year-old girl on the cusp of womanhood.
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