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    Don't Talk to Me About the War

    Author David A. Adler
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    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    On sale Feb 05, 2009 | 224 Pages | 9781101162804
    Grades 3-7
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    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.
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    David A. Adler is the author of more than 200 books, ranging from children's series to books on math, science, and economics. His work includes the Young Cam Jansen series, the Andy Russell series, and a number of nonfiction and picture biography titles. He lives in Woodmere, New York. View titles by David A. Adler
    "[A] satisfying historical novel." -Kirkus Reviews

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    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.

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    © V & P Studios
    David A. Adler is the author of more than 200 books, ranging from children's series to books on math, science, and economics. His work includes the Young Cam Jansen series, the Andy Russell series, and a number of nonfiction and picture biography titles. He lives in Woodmere, New York. View titles by David A. Adler

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    "[A] satisfying historical novel." -Kirkus Reviews

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