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Don't talk to me about the war

In 1940, thirteen-year-old Tommy's routine of school, playing stickball in his Bronx, New York, neighborhood, talking with his friend Beth, and listening to Dodgers games on the radio changes as his mother's illness and his increasing awareness of the war in Europe transform his world.

Main Author: Adler, David A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking, 2008.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Multiple sclerosis > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: In 1940, thirteen-year-old Tommy's routine of school, playing stickball in his Bronx, New York, neighborhood, talking with his friend Beth, and listening to Dodgers games on the radio changes as his mother's illness and his increasing awareness of the war in Europe transform his world.
Physical Description: 216 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Audience: Age 11 up.
ISBN: 9780670063079 (hardcover)
067006307X (hardcover)
Author Notes: David A. Adler was born in New York City. He attended Queen's College in New York City and later, earned an MBA in Marketing from New York University.

He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of Cam Jansen mysteries and the Andy Russell titles. His titles has earned him numerous awards including a Sydney Taylor Book Award for his title "The Number on My Grandfather's Arm," "A Picture Book of Jewish Holidays" was named a Notable Book of 1981 by the American Library Association and "Our Golda" was named a Carter G. Woodson Award Honor Book.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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