Love-Lies-Bleeding
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2017
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780006395638
- Publish Date
- Sep 2005
- List Price
- $7.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443452984
- Publish Date
- Mar 2017
- List Price
- $6.99
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A starred "Our Choice"selection of the Canadian Children's Book Centre
Finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Awardfor Historical Fiction and the Red Cedar Award
I, ROBERTA HARRISON, have to keep a diary, and it's all the fault of the Worm of Jealousy. Ambushed by the dreaded Worm over her "best" friend's new diary and fashionable clothes, 13-year-old Bobby announces that she, too, has a diary. Now she feels compelled to write in an old exercise book every day, chronicling the trials and tribulations of growing up in a world at war. Bobby's beloved eldest brother and uncle are fighting overseas in the conflict. Her 16-year-old brother can't wait to enlist, and her seemingly worldly sister gets pregnant by a young airman. And now Bobby's fledgling romantic life has turned into a complete humiliation.
A poignant coming-of-age story, interspersed with Barbara Haworth-Attard's father's World War II letters, Love-Lies-Bleeding will appeal to the author's large and loyal historical fiction audience, as well as new readers of her bestselling contemporary novel, Theories of Relativity.
About the author
Barbara Haworth-Attard is the acclaimed author of 13 children’s books, including Theories of Relativity, winner of two teen choice awards—the Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan) and the Stellar Book Award (BC)—and finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Her other popular titles include A Is For Angst, Forget- Me-Not, Irish Chain and Flying Geese. Haworth-Attard lives with her family in London, Ontario. Visit her online at www.barbarahaworthattard.com.
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