Holidays in Cornwall were a mainstay of my childhood. And what about the dog? How does Rufus compare with Tintin’s Snowy/Milou or Timmy in the Blyton’s Famous Five?.Barney would be Lucy, Simon would be Peter – does that make Jane Susan? What other parallels are there if any? I can’t help comparing the Drew children to Narnia’s Pevensies.How well do you think Cooper achieves this? Nesbit, although it wasn’t actually entered for it. This novel was initially written in response to a competition to honour the memory of E.Does it successfully evoke the sense of adventure of childhood holidays at the seaside for you? We’re reading the book in prime holiday season.In my introductory post to the readalong, I posted a few questions to consider while reading the book, and I’ll reflect on those below, but here they are again …
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