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It’s 1944. Twelve-year-old Grace Devine lives at Blacksod Lighthouse and weather station in Co. Mayo with her parents and little brother. When a German plane crashes nearby, she and her best friend Sibby risk their lives to save the young pilot. Grace’s family take him in, but their neighbours are horrified at having an ‘enemy’ in their midst.
Meanwhile, the Met Office in England suddenly asks Blacksod to send them weather reports every hour. But why?
As the wind and rain howl outside, Grace begins to understand that something important is happening, something to do with the war – and she is right in the eye of the storm …
Sarah Webb is an award-winning children’s author. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill, and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood, illustrated by Steve McCarthy, both winners of Irish Book Awards, and The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street. She runs creative writing clubs for children and teens, reviews children’s books for the Irish Independent and is Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs children’s bookshop in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Passionate about bringing children and books together, Sarah was awarded the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books in Ireland.