Gonna Study War Much More: War in Historical Fiction for Children

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Books Reviewed: Boissery, Beverley. Sophie’s Rebellion. Toronto: Boardwalk/Dundurn, 2005. 224 pp. $12.99 pb. ISBN 1-55002-566-X. Downey, Mary Alice. A Pioneer ABC. Toronto: Tundra, 2005. 32 pp. $22.99 hc. ISBN 088776-688-9. Halsey, Jacqueline. Peggy’s Letters. Victoria: Orca, 2005. 144 pp. $7.95 pb. ISBN 1-55143-363-X. Heffernan, Colleen. A Kind of Courage. Victoria: Orca, 2005. 150 pp. $14.00 pb. ISBN 1-55143-358-3. Hunter, Bernice Thurman. The Girls They Left Behind. Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005. 192 pp. $12.95 pb. ISBN 1-55041-927-7. Kogawa, Joy. Naomi’s Road. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005. 120 pp. $9.95 pb. ISBN 1-55005-115-6. Koldofsky, Eleanor. Clip-Clop. Toronto: Tundra, 2005. 24 pp. $22.99 hc. ISBN 0-88776-681-1. Kositsky, Lynne. Claire by Moonlight. Toronto: Tundra 2005. 271 pp. $14.99 pb. ISBN 0-88776-659-5. Lawson, Julie. No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn. Dear Canada. Toronto: Scholastic, 2006. 239 pp. $14.99 hc. ISBN 0-439-96930-1. Manuel, Lynn. Camels Always Do. Victoria: Orca, 2004. 32 pp. $19.95 hc. ISBN 1-55143-284-6. $9.95 pb. ISBN 1-55143-470-9. Parkinson, Curtis. Domenic’s War: A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino. Toronto: Tundra, 2006. 191 pp. $14.99 pb. ISBN 0-88776-751-6. Simons, Joseph. Under a Living Sky. Victoria: Orca, 2005. 104 pp. $7.95 pb. ISBN 1-55143-355-9. Sutherland, Robert. Son of the Hounds. Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1988. 128 pp. $10.95 pb. ISBN 1-55041-906-4. Wilson, Budge. Izzie, Book Two: Trongate Fury. Our Canadian Girl. Toronto: Penguin, 2005. 100 pp. $8.99 pb. ISBN 0-14-301465-X.