The girl with no name

I started this book on vacation and the characters were so engaging I barely noticed Flight delays and turbulence.

It is a coming of age story set mostly in Britain during WW2. The main character is a young girl who is forced to leave home to escape the Nazis and adjust to life without her family in a place where she knows no one and doesn't speak the language. It's the plight of many children, even today and the author tells it with a lot of insight and compassion.