Almost invariably, characters do the right thing, and a sense of duty towards fellowmen and country pervades.
A secondary plot line follows a young girl that has been injured during recent bombing and hovers between life and death. As she learns more, she calls for help upon the other turnkeys of London, and eventually, upon the graveyard denizens to help stop the evildoer. However, her sense of duty forces her to discover his intentions. So, when she spots an out-of-place ghost wearing a Nazi uniform and clutching a mysterious artifact, she is tempted to just ignore it.
Now, non-stop bombing of the city keeps her busy settling the newly dead into a peaceful rest. What did you like about the book? Flossie Birdwhistle is an unusually young turnkey (think ghostly den mother) at the Highgate Cemetery in World War II-era London as she was only twelve when she passed away from rheumatic fever. Rating: 1-5: (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 The Turnkey of Highgate Cemetery – Allison Rushby, Candlewick Press, (9780763696856), 2018.
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