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Genre/Form: | Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Downing Hahn |
ISBN: | 0395585074 9780395585078 9780547076607 0547076606 |
OCLC Number: | 23143772 |
Awards: | Texas Bluebonnet Award winner 1991-1992. |
Description: | 216 pages : map ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | Mary Downing Hahn. |
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Abstract:
Margaret and Elizabeth support everything about the war: the troops, the reasons for going to war, even the food rations. After all, this is the good war and the Americans are the good guys. But when the girls stumble upon a classmate's secret, their feelings about the war begin to change. Is it really a good war? Is there ever such a thing?
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"* "In a small southern town in 1944, two girls secretly help a seriously ill army deserter, a decision that changes their perceptions of right and wrong. Issues of moral ambiguity and accepting consequences for actions are thoughtfully considered in this deftly crafted story." - School Library Journal" Read more...
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