Many of the fiction books written about the Second World War are often about the Nazi threat or are set in Europe. Author Sue Reid Sexton's book "Mavis's shoe" is set in Glasgow and focuses on the Clydebank Blitz of March 1941 when over 4000 bombs were dropped on the city killing over 500 people and leaving 35, 000 people homeless. The novel tells the story of Lennie a young girl who loses everything - family and home- in the bombing and is forced to flee to Carbeth, a hut community. The story is dramatic and moving, especially when Lennie decides to return to Clydebank to search for her missing sister, Mavis.
Other fiction books set during the Blitz include: Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle
Magorian, Ronnie's war by Bernard Ashley and Carrie's war by Nina Bawden 