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The Castle on the Hill

Elizabeth Goudge (1941)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.98

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

WarAbandonmentGrief

Hero archetypes

Musician

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastMultiple POVs

Synopsis

It is the summer of 1940 and England is fighting for her life. In a rural corner of England the vagaries of war bring together a group of people wrestling the enemy within--fear, despair, loss of faith. A web of chance... a fateful meeting in a London street... A lost teddy bear... the wrong train... and the lives of four people were altered forever! A shy, middle-aged spinster was to find a new home and fall impossibly in love. An elderly street fiddler, bitter and lonely, was to take an unexpected train ride and encounter kindness from a total stranger. Two frightened children were to escape ther terrors of wartime London and bring dramatic changes to the Castle on the Hill.

Tags

Historical FictionWorld War IISlice of LifeCharacter-Driven