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Highlights
- Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other.
- 12 Years
- 8.2" x 5.55" Paperback
- 352 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, People & Places
Description
About the Book
Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they're forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's Army Corps.Book Synopsis
Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American Battalion of the Women's Army Corps. Now she is driving her granddaughters--two willful teenagers in their own rite--on a cross-country road trip. The girls are initially skeptical of Mare's flippy wigs and stilletos, but they soon find themselves entranced by the story she has to tell, and readers will be too. Told in alternating chapters, half of which follow Mare through her experiences as a WAC and half of which follow Mare and her granddaughters on the road in the present day, this novel introduces readers to a larger-than-life character and a fascinating chapter in African American history.Review Quotes
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2009:
"Absolutely essential reading."
About the Author
In addition to Mare's War, Coretta Scott King Honor winner TANITA DAVIS has written one other YA novel for Knopf, A la Carte. She was inspired to write Mare's War while researching her family's history: "I discovered an America I had never seen," said Davis, and it is that America her book brings to life.Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.55 Inches (W) x .78 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 12 Years
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: People & Places
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Theme: African American, United States
Format: Paperback
Author: Tanita S Davis
Language: English
Street Date: January 25, 2011
TCIN: 92257729
UPC: 9780375850776
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8930
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.65 pounds
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