My Wartime Summers

About the Book

“This funny, sensitive novel is about an American child’s experience at home during World War II, the adventure and urgency, and also the sorrow and anticlimax. Ellen Parker, 11, can’t wait for her beloved Uncle Bob to join the army. She knows he’ll be a hero and get medals. But when [he] is sent to fight in France, his letters lose their playfulness...Each episode on the home front is beautifully structured, building to its own climax, yet part of a unified story.”

About the Author

Jane Cutler has published seventeen children’s books. Darcy and Gran Don’t Like Babies is a Reading Rainbow selection. The Cello of Mr. O has been adapted for the stage by artists in Tokyo and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was honored with the Zena Sutherland Award from the Laboratory Schools at the University of Chicago. Jane lives in San Francisco.