A Place to Hang the Moon

Quick read. Heartwarming. Story about children who need to find a home and a family and do so after some less than ideal situations. Similar in many ways to The War that Saved My Life, but less edgy and not quite as fraught with concern.

4.5/5

Good readalike for Matilda and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

SpoilerHalf a star docked entirely because I'm not happy with the “solution” of the librarian's German husband being killed. I wish that had been interrogated more.

This book is just chef's kiss for me.

Plot driven historical fiction with well imagined characters, descriptive (but not drawlingly so) place settings, and an overall cozy vibe that just warms you up. I have read dozens of YA books about WW2 from the holocaust piece and they're important and gut wrenching. All the same, it's nice to see the Blitz imagined so well here.

Definitely shed a few tears toward the end of this one. Would be great optioned to film.