It's a really good book, and it takes blace in 1939, with all the war and what-not. It ends with him and Beth at Goldman's, listening to the news about Pearl Harbor.
Don't Talk to me about the War
By David A. Adler
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 4 | U | 3.8 | 40028 |
Thirteen-year-old Tommy Duncan just wants to root for the Brooklyn Dodgers and listen to his favorite radio programs. But it's 1940, and the world is about to change. All his friend Beth wants to discuss is the war in Europe. Don't talk to Tommy about that, though. He has more immediate concerns, like Beth starting to wear earrings and his mother's declining health. The stories of a Jewish friend at school, however, begin to make the war more real to him, and Tommy, like the world around him, is sure to be forever changed.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780142413722
ISBN-10: 9780142413722
Published on 2/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224