01822cam a2200469 4500 214784244 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 080825s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008033744 9780375857140 0375857141 9780375957147 0375957146 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Davis, Tanita S. Mare's war / Tanita S. Davis. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 341 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, July 2009. Kirkus Starred, May 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2009. Teacher Librarian, October 2009. Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's Army Corps. Young Adult Follett Library Resources. AR UG 4.9 12.0 130505EN. 20101005. Coretta Scott King Award, 2010. United States Army Women's Army Corps Fiction. Automobile travel Fiction. Grandmothers Fiction. African Americans Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Family life Fiction. Alabama Fiction. Historical fiction.