Searching For Summer By Joan Aiken

“Searching for Summer,” by Joan Aiken, is an account of two newlywed people in search of something magical. The Sun. Most likely taking place somewhere in the future, the story tells of how our protagonists journey south through England in search of sunlight. The story begins on the wedding day of Tom and Lily. In England, the sky is always a gloomy, dull grey. An eternal cloud hovers over England, and possibly the world. Caused by the waste from bombs, it has existed since a time before the protagonists, Tom and Lily can remember. A glimpse of sunlight is a rare occurrence and Tom and Lily are looking for that once in a lifetime experience. So they mount Tom’s scooter and ride off down the road looking for any hint of sunshine. Eventually,