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Across the Blue Pacific
A World War II Story
By Borden, Louise
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61833-922-8
- Publisher
- Houghton
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Gr 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. This story is told as an American girl -s reminiscence of her experiences during World War II. 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. - The text is deceptively...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Though this story of loss is set in the 1940s, its message is timeless. Home on leave, Molly's neighbor Lieutenant Ted Walker plays with her and her little brother, teaching them nautical terms and how to shine their shoes navy style; later, when Molly writes to Ted, she imagines his submarine's progress across the Pacific, secure in the belief ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
