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Mare's War (2009)

by Tanita S. Davis(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0375857141 (ISBN13: 9780375857140)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: This book is about a grandmother who decides to drive with her teenage granddaughters across the country to a family reunion. Her mission is to educate her granddaughters on how different their life is from her childhood, instill a sense of pride and understanding of their culture and hopefully even for their grandmother, Mare. Told in a tri-narrative style switching from 15 year old Octavia, 17 year old Tali, and an eccentric Mare who tells the girls of her time being a African American in the Women's Army Corp during WWII. In a world where we have more than enough WWII stories, this gives it a nice twist providing rare insight into a women's military perspective and being African American in the army. At times the plot drags, Davis tries to provide too much timeline, but... more over all it is a great alternative to the typical WWII historical fiction.
review 2: I met Tanita yesrs ago in California; I think I may have spoken to one of her classes at Mills College. She remembered me and years later, sent this book from London, I think, to my home in Texas. I felt called to read it now that summer is here and it was a lovely, quick read about the black women who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Without her, I would never have known their stories, which she brings alive in a lovely way in this quick read that is educational, light and funny. less

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