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Eddie's War

by Carol Fisher Saller

Ages: 12+

Published: 2011

Publisher: Namelos

ISBN: 978-1-60898-109-0

Keywords: World War II

Eddie is too young to enlist in World War II, but from his farm in Ellisville, Illinois, he sees how the conflict affects all its citizens,including his bomber pilot brother, Tom. Beautifully written “prose vignettes.”