The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Also, Andrew (like Gavin) is a sensitive portrait of masculinity that rejects violence as a source of strength. Pearson also makes clear that Nora's attraction need not end in marriage or even recognition from the boy, Andrew, in order to be meaningful to her growth as a person. Looking back, I'm impressed at how delicately Pearson modulates Nora's emotional evolution and her own difficulty in recognizing her attraction to an older boy. When I read Looking at the Moon as a preteen, I was angry at Nora for changing from her spiky preteen plane-obsessed self into a spiky almost-teen who was GASP! IN LOVE. The Sky is Falling is wonderful in depicting Nora's grief and the limits of her perspective.particularly when it comes to recognizing the equal grief and dislocation of her younger brother. In following English war-evacuees Nora and Gavin's struggles integrating into wartime Canadian culture, Pearson masters the art of showing, rather than telling. I loved this series as a ten year old, and twenty years later my appreciation has only deepened. ![]()
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