| Term | Definition |
|---|
| blackout curtains | Mr. Tom put them over the windows at night |
| gas masks | Mr. Tom bought them for him and Willie |
| air raids and shelters | Mr. Tom and Willie had to build one |
| Neville Chamberlain | Chamberlain declared war when Germany invaded poland |
| Germany attacks of Poland | If there hadn't been tension then no GNMT/no evacues |
| Calloh! Callay!(from"The Jabberwocky") | Zach shouted it when he was happy/excited |
| Buster Keaton | Zach calls himself this when he falls in the shelter |
| The Wind in the Willows | Willie's first new book on his 8th birthday |
| Grimm's Fairy Tales | Willie finished reading. shows his progress |
| Fred Astaire | Zach knows who he was and mentions him |
| Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty | Zach wanted to play this instead of Tarzan |
| Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol | it was the play that Willie did with his best friends. Willie was Scrooge |
| Treasure Island | Mrs. Hartridge read the book to the class and then gave a quiz on it |
| Hans Christian Anderson, Fairy Tales | Mrs. Hartridge reads this book to the class |
| Warden(Home Guard) | an air-raid warden assits Mr Tom to an air-raid shelter in London |
| Royal Air Force in 1940s | warden and Mr Tom go to Alfs and Alf they talk about Hitler not being able to bomb "our boys up there" |
| The Bronte Sisters | Zach said that it was romantic that Willie was lying in bed like the ______ _______ |
| Winston Churchill | Willie and Mr Tom hear that he has taken over as Prime Minister |
| Battle of Dunkirk (France) | Many soldiers came to live in Little Weirworld one of them gave Willie paint lessons |
| The London Blitz | wireless announcements Zach dies during this |
| Books | Will gets these books for Carrie to read |
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