OCTOBER 2018 - AudioFile
With her lilting accents, Eilidh Beaton transports the listener to another place and time. In the Scottish Highlands during WWII, Maisie has left home to become a “lumberjill” with the Women’s Timber Corps. It’s here that she meets John, a Canadian with secrets and hidden emotional pain. Beaton gives this young adult novel a soothing tone, adding heightened emotions when required. However, her slow delivery makes this historical romance sound as if it were written for a much younger audience, especially when she voices the Canadian characters. Additionally, some slight inconsistencies in accents stand out due to the leisurely pace. Overall, this is a passable narration. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
A glowing story of friendship, growth, and a steadfast first love, as teenage Maisie negotiates the forests of the heart and of World War II Scotland with equal determination.” — Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity
“In Another Time enthralls with strong and compassionate characters. Maisie McCall is the heroine we all need!” — Jessica Brockmole, internationally bestselling author of Letters from Skye
“A slow-burning, character-driven exploration of the lingering scars left by war.” — Booklist
PRAISE FOR WAIT FOR ME: “Wait for Me shines a beautifully written light on the precarious nature of love and war. This is a book that makes you want to curl up with a cuppa and read straight through til the morning.” — Kathi Appelt, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor Winner
“Caroline Leech’s Wait for Me is a delicately written love story, ideal for history and non-history fans alike. It offers everything I crave from a historical novel: a gorgeously evoked setting, an intrepid heroine, and a knee-weakening romance. This book is not to be missed. ” — Anne Blankman, author of The Prisoner of Night and Fog series and Traitor Angels
“A sweetly engaging and richly authentic historical romance. WAIT FOR ME charms and satisfies.” — Joy Preble, author of the bestselling Dreaming Anastasia series
“Compelling, moving and beautifully written, this extraordinary debut novel is rich with history, conflict and tension. The romance between the two main characters is delicious and quietly captured my heart. Caroline Leech is an exceptional storyteller and I can’t wait to read her next book.” — Sarah Alexander, author of THE ART OF NOT BREATHING
“Sweet romance.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Historical fiction, forbidden romance, and a coming-of-age tale combine into a memorable story.” — School Library Journal
“The book is as satisfying as one of housekeeper Mrs. Mack’s delectable scones.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Sarah Alexander
Compelling, moving and beautifully written, this extraordinary debut novel is rich with history, conflict and tension. The romance between the two main characters is delicious and quietly captured my heart. Caroline Leech is an exceptional storyteller and I can’t wait to read her next book.
Anne Blankman
Caroline Leech’s Wait for Me is a delicately written love story, ideal for history and non-history fans alike. It offers everything I crave from a historical novel: a gorgeously evoked setting, an intrepid heroine, and a knee-weakening romance. This book is not to be missed.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
The book is as satisfying as one of housekeeper Mrs. Mack’s delectable scones.
Booklist
A slow-burning, character-driven exploration of the lingering scars left by war.
Kathi Appelt
PRAISE FOR WAIT FOR ME: “Wait for Me shines a beautifully written light on the precarious nature of love and war. This is a book that makes you want to curl up with a cuppa and read straight through til the morning.
Elizabeth Wein
A glowing story of friendship, growth, and a steadfast first love, as teenage Maisie negotiates the forests of the heart and of World War II Scotland with equal determination.
Jessica Brockmole
In Another Time enthralls with strong and compassionate characters. Maisie McCall is the heroine we all need!
Joy Preble
A sweetly engaging and richly authentic historical romance. WAIT FOR ME charms and satisfies.
Booklist
A slow-burning, character-driven exploration of the lingering scars left by war.
Kathi Appelt
PRAISE FOR WAIT FOR ME: “Wait for Me shines a beautifully written light on the precarious nature of love and war. This is a book that makes you want to curl up with a cuppa and read straight through til the morning.
School Library Journal
06/01/2018
Gr 9 Up—It's 1942 and Glasgow native Maisie McCall leaves her home to work as a lumberjill in the Scottish Women's Timber Corps. Maisie has a lot to learn. As she and her fellow lumberjills navigate the forests of Scotland, Maisie meets John, a mysterious Canadian lumberjack who will change her life forever. With her axe by her side, Maisie tackles new challenges, develops new relationships, and embarks on new adventures—even finding herself on the silver screen. This book seems like a great fit for any teenager who is looking for a YA Outlander readalike or romantic historical romp. However, they will be sadly disappointed. The romance between John and Maisie feels contrived. The protagonist is fully realized, but as her relationships continue—especially her connections to her family members—they seem to lack a natural development and progression. While the book takes place in Scotland, there are very few reminders of this, and readers will become easily lost in a swampy setting with lots of details about time but not place. VERDICT A strictly additional purchase for collections that have a great need for historical fiction.—Maryjean Bakaletz, Morris County Library, Whippany, NJ
OCTOBER 2018 - AudioFile
With her lilting accents, Eilidh Beaton transports the listener to another place and time. In the Scottish Highlands during WWII, Maisie has left home to become a “lumberjill” with the Women’s Timber Corps. It’s here that she meets John, a Canadian with secrets and hidden emotional pain. Beaton gives this young adult novel a soothing tone, adding heightened emotions when required. However, her slow delivery makes this historical romance sound as if it were written for a much younger audience, especially when she voices the Canadian characters. Additionally, some slight inconsistencies in accents stand out due to the leisurely pace. Overall, this is a passable narration. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
2018-05-15
A teen lumbergirl finds wartime romance in the Scottish Highlands. It's 1942. Seventeen-year-old Margaret "Maisie" McCall sees joining in Great Britain's war effort as an honorable excuse to leave her unhappy home, but since she's too young for the armed services, she signs up for the Women's Timber Corps and becomes a lumberjill. Two weeks into her training she meets a man named John Lindsay at a local dance—he's physically attractive and initially seems kind, but he's clumsy and storms off before their dance is complete. A month later, in her remote first post in the Scottish forest camp of Auchterblair, Speyside, she runs into John again—he's a lumberjack nearby. Weeks into a somewhat awkward romance, Maisie discovers that John has a prosthetic leg, which he's somehow managed to hide from most of his fellow corpsman despite sharing a dormitory with them. Their romance proceeds despite John's basic unlikability. The story unfolds from Maisie's point of view but is told more than shown; the characters feel emotionally inconsistent, and the flat story arc provides little suspense. In alignment with the time and location, it follows a white default. An interesting setting and good use of historical details aren't, in the end, enough to hold reader interest.(Historical fiction. 12-18)
