FitzOsbornes at War vs Smiling for strangers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Refugees, War, Children's fiction
FitzOsbornes at War
Michelle Cooper completes her heart-stealing epic drama of history and romance with The FitzOsbornes at War. Sophie FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Nazis…
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Smiling for strangers
During the war, fourteen-year-old Nina flees from her village in Yugoslavia, armed only with some letters and a photograph, to search for an old friend of her mother's in England
The verdict
- Readers rate FitzOsbornes at War highest: FitzOsbornes at War 4.2 · Smiling for strangers 3.5.
- Smiling for strangers is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 9 for FitzOsbornes at War.
- FitzOsbornes at War has the widest readership — 2238 ratings behind its score.
- FitzOsbornes at War runs the darker storyline; Smiling for strangers stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| FitzOsbornes at War | Smiling for strangers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (2238) | 3.2 (31) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (8) | — |
Reception
| FitzOsbornes at War | Smiling for strangers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2238 | 31 |
| Editions | 3 | 2 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Want to read | 1976 | — |
| Reading it now | 31 | — |
| Written reviews | 327 | — |
| Pages | 536 | 151 |