Posted by Helen Prevett on 10/02/99 from du-024-0203.claranet.co.uk:
In Reply to: Ransome in other author's books posted by Adam Quinan on October 01, 1999 at 19:28:13:
In 'Goodnight Mister Tom' by Michelle Magorian, Carrie, the 'reading one' of the twins, reads 'We didn't mean to go to sea'.
This book is set in wartime England.