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198 pp.
| Kids Can |
March, 2003 |
TradeISBN 1-55337-400-2$$16.95
(4)
YA
Writing in his diary, teenager Jim Hay records his experiences during World War I. The story begins with Jim as a fifteen-year-old who recently losts his father in the war and his brokenhearted mother shortly after. By the end, he's a young married soldier facing the harsh realities of war. Although the book seems a bit heavy-handed at times, this is a well-written novel revealing the soldiers behind the guns.