Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo I’d reviewed this book when I’d completed it half way in the June meeting, and I don’t have anything more to add to what I’d already mentioned then as I’d not like to spoil the story for anyone. It is about a young boy named Will who is on a vacation with his mother in Indonesia, when the elephant he’s riding on makes a sudden dash into the jungle minutes before a tsunami (this book is set in the backdrop of the 2004 tsunami and the Iraq war)

Awful Auntie The book is a fascinating deep dive into the psychological profiles of aunties, both local and global. Through this book, the author raises the following questions: What makes aunties aunties and what makes them awful ones? What is the threshold at which an aunty no longer remains just an aunty but crosses the border into being an awful one? The author has done a lot of research (there are detailed footnotes and sources) and dug into the past to extract a wealth

At the heart of this book is an ethical dilemma faced by two young evacuees of war: David and Tucky. The youngsters, who are inseparable from each other, find a loving home in the moors. The setting is World War II, and it's Churchill versus Germany.