This fairly short story is told through the eyes of Myra, a school girl in Cardiff during the Blitz, and is interesting because it shows that even in wartime most of the drama is of an 'ordinary' domestic nature.
One aspect I found powerful was that the descriptions of the air raids because they were evocative of both the boredom of time spent in a shelter and the terror and helplessness when the raids were actually close at hand.
There is an air of Enid Blyton about the story when the gang of children think that they are on to a spy - but I wouldn't see that as essentially a criticism, and even if that worries you it should be noted that the plot is surrounded by complex and messy family life giving a mark of realism that Blyton would never of allowed to muddy her work.
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