Kate Saunders, a beloved voice in children’s fiction, passed away at 62, leaving many to assume her bibliography was complete. However, her final novel, “A Drop of Golden Sun,” edited before her death, is a delightful discovery. Set in 1973, it follows 10-year-old Jenny, talent-spotted in a school play and cast in a musical film. The story explores Jenny’s journey navigating the world of acting and encountering theatrical moods and egos on location in France. While fictional, the film in the novel is closely based on “The Sound of Music,” involving a family fleeing Nazi-occupied France, skillfully woven into Saunders’s narrative.
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