The happy ending Streatfeild fashions [in When the Sirens Wailed, U.S. title of When the Siren Wailed] could be called contrived, but it's satisfying—enough within the realm of possibility to be believed and certainly fitting Streatfeild's well-developed sense of the storytelling craft. (pp. 1095-96)

Denise M. Wilms, "Children's Books: 'When the Sirens Wailed'," in Booklist (reprinted by permission of the American Library Association; copyright © 1977 by the American Library Association), Vol. 73, No. 14, March 15, 1977, pp. 1095-96.