The blossoming summer
When English thirteen-year-old Rosemary is sent to stay with her American grandmother at the start of World War II, she uncovers the family secret: they are Anishinaabe. The year is 1940. England is all Rosemary has ever known . . . but as World War II changes the world, her life is altered as well....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Holiday House,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | When English thirteen-year-old Rosemary is sent to stay with her American grandmother at the start of World War II, she uncovers the family secret: they are Anishinaabe. The year is 1940. England is all Rosemary has ever known . . . but as World War II changes the world, her life is altered as well. With France conquered, she, her parents, and her little brothers flee to America to escape the coming Blitz. Her grandmother's house in Northern Wisconsin is safe, but unfamiliar-and she soon discovers that her parents have kept a tremendous secret. Rosemary and her family are Anishinaabe . . . and her father is not proud of it. Grandmother, however, is. A fashionable, independent, and fiery-minded old lady, she begins to teach Rosemary Anishinaabemowin. Far from home, but newly connected to a once-hidden part of her identity, Rosemary develops a warm, close relationship with Grandmother Charlotte-and with a local boy whose love of gardening helps her to see the beauty in her unexpected circumstances. As Rosemary grows into her new life like a flower in bloom, she realizes that maybe she's not as far from home as she thought. |
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| Physical Description: | 276 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12 Grades 4-6 |
| ISBN: | 9780823458530 0823458539 |
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