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Don't You Know There's a War On?
By Avi,
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38097-863-2
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
Gr 4-6 Howard Bellington Crispers looks back from his 16-year-old perspective to 1943 when he grappled with issues of friendship, fear, love, and loss. At age 11, Howie and his friend Denny share a crush on their teacher and they suspect their principal is a Nazi spy. However, in a sleuthing expedition, Howie learns that the principal's real perfidy hits closer to home-he is urging the firing of Miss Gossim. Howie visits his teacher and she tells him the reason for her pending dismissal-she is secretly married to an army pil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
