Mare's War - Paperback

Name: Mare's War - Paperback
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SKU: 9780375850776
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by Tanita S. Davis

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by Tanita S. Davis (Author)

Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American Battalion of the Women's Army Corps. Now she is driving her granddaughters--two willful teenagers in their own rite--on a cross-country road trip. The girls are initially skeptical of Mare's flippy wigs and stilletos, but they soon find themselves entranced by the story she has to tell, and readers will be too.

Told in alternating chapters, half of which follow Mare through her experiences as a WAC and half of which follow Mare and her granddaughters on the road in the present day, this novel introduces readers to a larger-than-life character and a fascinating chapter in African American history.

Author Biography

In addition to Mare's War, Coretta Scott King Honor winner TANITA DAVIS has written one other YA novel for Knopf, A la Carte. She was inspired to write Mare's War while researching her family's history: "I discovered an America I had never seen," said Davis, and it is that America her book brings to life.

Number of Pages: 352

Dimensions: 0.78 x 8.2 x 5.55 IN

Publication Date: January 25, 2011

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: Mare's War

Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12

Reading Level: 4.9

Point Value: 12

ISBN	9780375850776
Author	Tanita S. Davis
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Genre	Young adult, Family, and Society & culture
Format	Paperback
Published	January 2011
Language	ENG- English
Pages	352
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Teens & young adults
Print Size	Standard Print