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1939. As war breaks out across Europe, nine-year-old Susie and her older sister Gyll are despatched to Africa by their mother. Alone on the dusty continent, the sisters find little sympathy in their new guardians, and little to like about their new way of life: patched-up clothes, a 6 o'clock... read more
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- Gyll: Add a description of this character.
- Mummy
- Mavis
- Mrs Marsh
- Dick
- Mrs Bloom
- Geraldine
- Mrs Dalton
- Margaret
- Alice
- Miss Balmforth
- Miss Popham
- Rick
- Susie
- Miss Davison
- Bob
- Mrs Garner
- Tyrone
- Alfred
- Mary
- Christine
- Joan
- Harry
- Eric
- Dor-dor
- Iris
- Peter
- Mrs Andrews
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- Dewey: 920
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