| Title | : | Isabel's War |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1939601274 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
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In a stunning new novel completed just before her death in 2013, award-winning author Lila Perl introduces us to Isabel Brandt, a French-phrase-dropping twelve-year-old New Yorker who's more interested in boys and bobbing her nose than the distant war across the Pacific—the one her parents keep reminding her to care more about. Things change when Helga, the beautiful niece of her parent's best friends, comes to live with Isabel and her family. Helga is everything Isabel's not—cool, blonde, and vaguely aloof. She's also a German war refugee, with a past that gives a growing Isabel something more important to think about than boys and her own looks. Set in the Bronx during World War II, Isabel's War is a beautiful evocation of New York in the 1940s and of a girl's growing awareness of the world around her.
Editorial : From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—Isabel Brandt is a typical 12-year-girl who dreams of Frank Sinatra, boys, and being popular in school. But it is 1942, and the war in Europe and the Pacific becomes very significant for this Jewish girl from the Bronx. As her family begins their summer vacation in the Catskills, Isabel meets Helga, her new roommate. She is the niece of her mother's best friend, Mrs. Frankfurter, and a refugee from Germany. Helga is very attractive and Isabel can't understand why she doesn't enjoy all the attention. Instead she is shy, distant, and almost remorseful, as if she's harboring a dark secret from her past that she can't escape. When Isabel's brother enlists in the army, it forces the family to return to the Bronx. Shortly after, Mrs. Frankfurter becomes seriously ill and Helga must live with Isabel and her family. Things are awkward at first, but the experience enables Isabel to expand her horizons. Published posthumously, Perl's work is a skillfully
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