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Love-Lies-Bleeding

by (author) Barbara Haworth-Attard

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Mar 2017
Category
General
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780006395638
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $7.99
  • 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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