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Dear Papa

Anne Ylvisaker

2002184 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Candlewick Press · 184 pages · ENGISBN 9780763616182
  • 2007Candlewick · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780763634025

In September of 1943, one year after her father's death, nine-year-old Isabelle begins writing him letters, which are interspersed with letters to other members of her family, relating important events in her life and how she feels about them.

How it feels

AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesWarFamily

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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