Having really enjoyed Bloor's Tangerine, and being a big fan of the classic Clash album, I was excited to read London Calling. Bloor's novel is a tale of courage, forgiveness, and family that crosses decades and oceans by means of a time-traveling radio.
Martin is a student at a prestigious private school in central New Jersey. He is content to spend his summer vacation cooped up in his basement, instant-messaging with friends and reading. When his grandmother passes away, though, and Martin inherits her 1940's Philco radio, his hermit tranquility is turned upside-down. Martin is thrown into a 60-year-old mystery that will reconnect him with his alcoholic father, his larger-than-life hero grandfather, and his genius older sister. He will also meet Jimmy, a boy about his age who died in the 1940 German bombing of London.
I highly recommend this spine-tingling book. Anyone who is interested in World War II or ghost stories, or who has ever felt wrongly accused of a misdeed, will find this a great read.
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