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Hartnett, Sonya

The Silver Donkey

266 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-2937-5 $15.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Don Powers. In a provocative, timely, and elegantly honed tale about war's toll on innocents, sisters Coco, eight, and Marcelle, ten, discover an English soldier hiding near their French village. They bring the WWI deserter food; he tells them allegorical stories inspired by a silver donkey given to him by his terminally ill brother. Occasional full-page black-and-white art deftly suggests setting and mood.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2006

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