Mare's war

Title
Mare's war

Personal Author EPSB
Tanita S. Davis

Summary
Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are 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.

Year Published
2009

Physical Description
341 p. ; 22 cm.
 
341 p. ; 21 cm.

Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection

Corporate Subject
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Fiction

Subject
Automobile travel -- Fiction
 
Grandmothers -- Fiction
 
African Americans -- Fiction
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
 
Sisters -- Fiction
 
Families -- Alabama -- Fiction
 
Young adult fiction

Geographic Term
Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950 -- Fiction

Summary
Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are 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.

ISBN
9780375857140
 
9780375850776

Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Kate ChegwinFIC DAVBook30574000635860Fiction