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London Calling
 | London Calling Edward Bloor Date: 2006-09-26 — 11.53 — Book Rating: |
London Calling opens with a fight at school between the rich boys and the scholarship boys. A stone hits one of the statues in the new walkway causing damage. The commotion from the fight catches the attention of the headmaster who decides that he will determine the punishment at the end of the summer vacation. Martin dreads going back for this meeting. He hates the school so much, that he request to have independent studies for the entire new school year.
His grandmother dies leaving him this old radio from the 40s. One night, Martin falls asleep listening to the sounds on the radio and is transported back to the 1940's in London during WWII. There he meets Jimmy, a young boys, who asks for his help.
England during the wartime scares Martin and he can't tell if he's dreaming or if he's really traveled through time. So he begins writing down names of people he meets and events that he hears mentioned to research. Digging deeper into the past, he begins to unravel historical differences between today's understand of history and the actual events. Martin realizes how history changes with the victory's side writing the accounts of the events. The deeper he digs, the more truths he uncovers, and the more the radio calls him to help Jimmy.
This fascinating book takes a look at how historical moments and figures are shaped by the outcome of an event. While this books starts off slowly, it quickly picks up drawing the reader deeper into Martin's time travel adventures. London Calling will be a thought provoking book for a classroom discussion.
Hi, can anyone tell me the name of a book. I was sure it was something
like war of the gods, but i cannot find it anywhere. its starts off with
the author telling us about a nuclear war in which not a lot of people
survive. it goes on to say that the survivors find a diary and keep it
(like the bible). Then later in the book it basically takes passages from
the bible and dissects them ! If anyone can help that would be great !
could it be The Book of Dave by Will Self?
May also be Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank