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The Summer Before

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Reads 264
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Parts 18
Time 1h 57m

adventure blaire familes friends historicalfiction jack london orphans war wwll

5 children who live in London are sent away to live in the countryside during WWll because of the threat of bombs. The  boy who is too young to fight, the sister who wishes her brother would notice her, the twins, and the girl who's too shy to talk to anyone. They're all the unlikeliest of friends but they come to love each other like family.

Started: April 4th, 2019
Completed: May 21st, 2019
Stats as of May 21st, 2019:
#1 Blaire out of 197 stories
#10 orphans out of 1.5k stories
#606 war out of 67.4k stories
#177 London out of 14.9k stories 
#121 families out of 2.2k stories
#2 WWll out of 28 storiesAll Rights Reserved

adventure blaire familes friends historicalfiction jack london orphans war wwll

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