The Return of the Railway Children

by Lou Kuenzler

Return to the magic of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN in this heartwarming sequel by Lou Kuenzler. In the depths of WWII, 12-year-old Edie is nervous at the prospect of being sent to live with an unknown aunt whilst her mother flies planes for the ATA. Aunt Roberta welcomes Edie with open arms, but does a dark secret lurk at the heart of the village?

Genres: Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction

333 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

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I write for children from picture books through to middle grade historical fiction.

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Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good parts but a lot of retrospective interpretation of the period through 21st century eyes.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it. It is a 5-star for what it set out to be, but 4.5 for me personally.

I love stories set in the England countryside with kids just being kids. I love the characters and they were done so well. The war concept was intertwined wonderfully between the pages. I just wish there were more chapters getting to know the kids just hanging as a group and this is one of the rare times when I wished the book had more pages. I would die for a sequel or series but that probably won't happen.

UGH, this was cute and I will definitely be back for many rereads!!

4.5 stars ❤️

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book as the name suggests follows on from the first book 'The Railway Children'. Its not necessary to have read the first one to enjoy this one but it does help put the book in context and help you become familiar with the characters from the start. The 'old' Railway Children as I remember them are now adults who have moved on and done other things. This book explores the lives of those connected with them mostly children of the characters we know and love but with a few extras thrown in to make it interesting.

The pace is slow but plot has enough action in it to keep you reading.

I really enjoyed it and I think it was a good sequel

[Sal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the idea of this book: a follow up to The Railway Children . And I enjoyed a lot of the book but was unhappy with how certain events in the original book seemed to have just had names etc changed and put into this book. The book went down in my estimation after that. Obviously the book is aimed at a young audience and I am an adult reading it and maybe a young person won't see it the way I saw it. But overall I was disappointed in the book - it started out so well and with such an interesting idea, but in the end the book failed to live up to its promise , in my opinion.

[Jessica Formosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very entertaining adventure novel of four children!!! Even though I am not a child of war and do not understand their life, I would be both scared and excited to live during that time; trying to get by as possible with the limited resources and unappetising living conditions, without ever knowing if today would be the day when you either died because of a bomb or an invasion, or else to live in the countryside and have an adventure and uncover a spy or await good news from relatives!!

[Sara Aye Moung · Rating 3 out of 5]

The original Railway Children is still one of my favourite books some 50 years after I first read it so seeing this sequel was a bit unnerving and it felt a bit like sacrilege to buy it. But I was curious so I did. Not a bad story and it does feel believable as an explanation of what might have happened to the children 30 or 40 years on . The plot also uses several devices from the original .

[Frances · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was excited to read this as I love the original and was very pleased that it did have the feel of the original, though shorter. On the whole I enjoyed it but was a little disappointed at what I felt was quite a weak ending.

[Archana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you 🙏 for the good book 📖

I really loved the book you have published and I would love you to make another book 📚 called the generations of the railway children from Peter Phillis and Roberta to many good characters

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of fun to see beloved characters from the first book again, and it was a good story in its own right.

[sgh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, historic adventure with a great twist at the end.

[Dawn Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect little sequel!

[Amna |آمِنة الآمِنة · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars 🌟

This is a good attempt to revive The Railway Children and continue their story as grownups.
Although there are some similarities in the events of both books, it's still enjoyable.

I like The Railway children more than this one. ⭐️

[LudmilaM · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a bit sceptical when it comes to sequels to famous books, but this was a pleasant surprise. A very well realized, plotted and told story.

[Aoifeaustin123]

i really did not like it not my type of book