Louisa June And The Nazis In The Waves

ISBN-10: 0063056577
ISBN-13: 9780063056572
Author: Elliott, L. M.
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: February 2023

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 336

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 7.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century

JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying

Description
Days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Hitler declared war on the US, unleashing U-boat submarines to attack American ships. Suddenly, the waves outside Louisa June's farm aren't for eel fishing or marveling at wild swans or learning to scull her family's boat - they're dangerous, swarming with hidden enemies...Her oldest brothers' ships risk coming face-to-face with U-boats. Her sister leaves home to weld Liberty Boat hulls. And then her daddy, a tugboat captain, and her dearest brother, Butler, are caught in the crossfire...Her mama has always swum in a sea of melancholy, but now she really needs Louisa June to find moments of beauty or inspiration to buoy her. Like sunshine-yellow daffodils, good books, or news accounts of daring rescues of torpedoed passengers...Determined to help her mama and aching to combat Nazis herself, Louisa June turns to her quirky friend Emmett and the indomitable Cousin Belle, who has her own war stories - and a herd of cats - to share. In the end, after a perilous sail, Louisa June learns th
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