The narrator hears air raid sirens outside their window and is woken up by a neighbor knocking at their door. They wake up their siblings and grab blankets, rushing with the children into the crowded backyard bomb shelter. The children have trouble falling asleep without their parents present as the air raid sirens continue blaring.

1. The World War II Blitz By: Ellie, John and Ussamah

3. Speeding down the back garden, I made a entrance into the rubble covered shelter. As soon as I got in, it was crowded because it was the only shelter in the whole street. My brother and sister were getting tired by now. I got the blanket’s but they had trouble getting to sleep because Mum and Dad were not there.