Heide Piehler, Shorewood Public Library, WIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The story will provide a human perspective to nonfiction accounts and may also touch a chord with children who have loved ones serving abroad. The lyrical prose and evocative pictures create a poignant slice-of-life tale that resonates with the emotions of the friends and family members on the homefront. The artist's characteristic loose-lined ink-and-watercolor paintings capture the sense of a once-secure and orderly world becoming less stable. Parker alternates scenes of Molly's life with images of Ted on the USS Albacore. The war remains distant until the fateful telegram arrives. Borden evokes the era through small details, word choices, and descriptions of everyday activities, such as building a snowman, the first day of school, writing letters to Ted, and spending summer days on the porch drinking lemonade and listening to baseball games on the radio. The text is deceptively simple and understated. Molly's much-admired neighbor, navy man Ted Walker, is serving on a submarine in the Pacific, but to her, Orchard Road seemed the safest place on earth, and the war.well, the war was something far away. This story is told as an American girl's reminiscence of her experiences during World War II. Grade 2-5 The author of The Greatest Skating Race (S & S, 2004) has teamed up with Parker to produce a successful and moving piece of historical fiction.
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