Re: BOOK When will this cruel war be over by Denenberg

[uv middle school library <snbcs@NORWICH.NET>]

The newer books in the Dear American series have a statement on the CIP
page at the back of the book saying that the story and main characters are
fictional.

Giulia Greenberg, Librarian
Unadilla Valley Middle School
S. New Berlin, NY
snbcs@norwich.net


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> From: Frederick Muller <fmuller@SATURN.PLANET.NET>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: BOOK When will this cruel war be over by Denenberg
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 9:17 AM
>
> When will this cruel war be over? [Dear America series]
> by Barry Denenberg
>        This is one of a series of fictional diaries, this one being
> during the Civil War.  I was a third of the way through before I
> established it was from the South (now as I write this I see on the
> cover "Gordonsville, VA" - oh well).  For the beginning of the diary
> you don't realize that this takes place  in a large home with many
> servents.  Besides all the above I was got really wrapped up in the
> story.  Normally these type of books are from the northern
> perspecitive but this shows how horrible (and confusing)  it was to
> live during this time.
>       The book has a wonderful appendix giving the reader some
> history along with an epilogue to wrap up the story of the
> characters.  The epilogue gives one the feeling that this fictional
> diary is based on some true lives, but nowhere does it say that.  I
> would be nice to have a statement saying that all these people are
> ficticious or not.  I was putting off reading this series which I got
> at our book fair, but now I will anxiously read the others.  This one
> is 156 p. and approachable to all the students in my 5-8 school.
> ***
> Frederick Muller
> fmuller@planet.net               Halsted Middle School Library
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