When the Sky Falls is a great book based on a true story and is shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Book Award. Set in World War two, it is about a boy called Joseph who is sent from the countryside to the bombings in the city. He stays with a woman who dislikes children and owns a rundown zoo. He must adjust to his new life and learn to let people help him. In doing so, he becomes attached to a dangerous silverback gorilla who he must protect when the bombs start falling.

I thought this was a really interesting book and would definitely recommend to others.