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Willow Run

Patricia Reilly Giff

2005149 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Wendy Lamb Books · 149 pages · ENGISBN 9780385730679
  • 2008Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9780307549372
  • 2007YearlingISBN 9780440238010

1944Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he's German, and people might think he's a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken away?Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort and move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and how to keep hope alive on the home front.From the Hardcover edition.

How it feels

MoodSad
AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed

Quotesnone available

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