Rating: 5/5
In this book, you have to guess Grandpa’s sad and unfortunate disease. I guessed it was dementia, as he kept on forgetting things that often people with this forget, such as whether a relative of the family is alive or not. When Jack’s beloved Grandpa was a young man, he fought in World War II where he spent most of his time in the Spitfire aeroplane on the British side. But that was about thirty years ago when this was set, and Grandpa still thought that it was the war. Jack (who, very sadly, he mistakes for the Squadron Leader) was the only one who could understand him. He even had to call his own grandad Wing Commander, or he would not respond. His mother and father, Barbara and Barry, thought that he should go to the old folk’s home, Twilight Towers.
Unfortunately there were strange rumours about the barred-off, castle-looking place. But when there is no chance but to hide him away up miles from town, Barbara forces her reluctant husband to keep him there, after she is persuaded to by the religious vicar, Reverend Hogg. When he is sent away, Grandpa plans a dreaded escape. But he can’t do by himself.
He needs Jack to help him. But his plan is treacherous! So Grandpa and Jack both make up an extraordinarily genius idea. How will it hatch? Read this most amazing, intriguing, and mind-capturing book to find out how he can escape from what he thinks is Colditz Castle.
I got really attached to Grandpa and Jack. Whenever anything bad happened, I either felt ready to or did so cry! Grandpa was such a confused man, with such a confused mind, but he was still a lovely Wing Commander on the inside. It was really sad to see how he always called Barry ‘Cadet’ and Jack ‘Squadron Leader’ and forgot that his darling Peggy was long gone.